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before. Upon proposing another injection, he ob- 

 jected ; said it was time for him to prepare for ano- 

 ther world, and began to pray. 



20th. This morning, about nine o'clock, his blisters 

 were dressed. They contained but a small quantity 

 of yellow water. He had been perfectly sensible from 

 the commencement of his illness, until this afternoon, 

 when he seemed to be, occasionally, a little deranged. 

 His speech was much interrupted, but he made no 

 attempt to injure any body. Had violent reachings 

 to vomit, with convulsions. At times, he screamed 

 out, in the paroxysms of spasms. Complained much 

 of a burning at his stomach. About five o'clock, this 

 afternoon, he vomited about a gill of dark-green bile, 

 which, he said, was very bitter. At half after eight 

 o'clock, I saw him again ; and was informed, that, 

 since my last visit, he had frequently vomited of a 

 similar fluid, but of a blacker colour. His pulse 

 was now very frequent and weak : his feet and legs 

 were cold as high as to his knees ; the spasms and 

 reachings to vomit continued severe ; and there was 

 a cold, clammy sweat over his hands and face. He 

 observed to me, that his end was fast approaching, 

 and expressed a desire to have his wife and children, 

 respecting whom he seemed to be much concerned, 

 near to him. 



After twelve o'clock, he became so weak as to be 

 unable to lift his head over the bed, and vomited fre- 

 (juently, as he lay, a black fluid, of the consistence of 

 blood. About half an hour before his death, he 



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