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complaint, he was feized with flight fhiverings. 
He retired to reft on that evening, without hav- 
ing any inclination to eat. The family were 
alarmed in the night by his frequently uttering 
loud fhouts, and at times requefting he might 
be reftrained from injuring any one. His refpi- 
ration was laborious and interrupted. Donatus 
being called in to his affiftance, privately prog- 
nogfticated, that the patient would refufe to 
drink; and if he attempted it, would not fuc- 
ceed ; and alfo that his death was approaching. 
Thefe events fucceeded each other according 
to the predidtion of the Phyfician; and the 
patient died in the {pace of four hours. 
5th. A healthy and robu& countryman, was 
attacked fuddenly with {weatings and a con- 
ftrition, attended with anxiety about the pre- 
cordia.* The inftant Marcellus Donatus. faw 
the patient, he predi@ed, that he would neither 
{wallow liquids, nor live many hours. The 
prognoftic was fpeedily. verified: for, when 
cold water was offered to the patient, he was 
feized with a fudden horror and fainting. 
The water being removed he prefently reco- 
vered.f He would by no means fuffer any one 
to 
_ * © Cum anguftia cordis et agonia.” 
+ “ Namque zxgrotanti oblatam frigidam aquam, ipfe 
“ repenté horrefcit, ¢t linquitur animo; c& redyéta, adtue 
tum revivilcit,’ 
