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ever nausea and head-ach came on, I ordered them 

 to be suspended, and gave the tonic preparation before- 

 mentioned. 



On the 1 1th of August, he paid me a visit on horse- 

 back (3 miles), and was so far recovered, that he began 

 to think of pursuing his occupation again. His abdo- 

 men was nearly reduced to its natural size ; his scrotum 

 was entirely well ; his thighs and one leg only remained 

 to be a little enlarged ; but he could walk and ride with 

 ease. His cough had nearly left him. He had now a 

 gentle lax, produced, as I apprehended, by the pills, as 

 they had of late occasioned but little pain in the head or 

 nausea. He continued the pills, and also the other me- 

 dicines, for a little while longer. 



I saw him again on the 30th : he had now, for some 

 time, been labouring at his trade, having perfectly reco- 

 vered, except a slight swelling of his hands and feet oc- 

 casionally. Some time, as near as I can recollect, to- 

 ward the latter end of autumn, he sent for me ; but I was 

 then, through indisposition, unable to attend him, and, 

 in a short time after, I heard of his death. 



This medicine would very probably fail in many in- 

 stances, but it is surely worthy of further trial, in a dis- 

 ease which has so frequently baffled all the powers of 

 medicine. 



I am, &c, 



William Baldwin. 



Wilmington* August 27th, 1806. 



