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He also said that he felt so weak and giddy, that he 

 could hardly speak a word. He laid himself upon 

 his left side, and was quiet, for three quarters of an 

 hour, when he had a violent paroxysm of spasms and 

 convulsions. 



Another half ounce of strong mercurial ointment 

 was rubbed into his arms and thighs. I applied 

 blisters to his legs and wrists, and strong sinapisms 

 to the soles of his feet. At half past nine o'clock, 

 this night, a third injection was given. This he dis- 

 charged in three minutes, and also made urine, 

 which (he said) burned and pained him, as he dis- 

 charged it. He now complained of becoming w^eak 

 and faintish, as he had been before : he lay still for 

 near three quarters of an hour, then said he felt tole- 

 rably well, and was without pain any where j that his 

 stomach felt as if he could eat a piece of gammon, 

 and drink a botde of wine. When he was told that he 

 should have what he asked for, he said, that he would 

 first try a little jelly : of this he swallowed a tea- 

 spoonful, but with some difficulty. He now said that 

 he wibhed to drink a little water. Mentioning w^ater, 

 without having any spasms or convulsions excited as 

 before, he swallowed a tea-spoonful of the water. It 

 convulsed him some, but by no means so much as it 

 had done before. In about fifteen minutes, he swal- 

 lowed three tea-spoonfuls of water, and took a little 

 currant jelly, but with some difficulty. He seemed to 

 be belter ; his hands and feet were warm, and in a ge- 

 neral, and indeed profuse and warm, perspiration. At 

 half past eleven o'clock a fourth injection was given. 



