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any rational experiment, that could be put 

 into immediate practice, was perfectly justi- 

 fiable, to promote a further investigation of 

 the cause, or very slender and improbable 

 change of the mitigation or cure of disease. 

 Almost hopeless of even time sufficient to 

 administer the medicine ; I prepared a ball, 

 containing three grains of emetic tartar, and 

 ten oi jalap, forming the mass, and passing 

 it as before. I also incorporated one ounce 

 of the spirit of hartshorn (by frequent shak- 

 ing) with a quarter of a pint of olive oil, and 

 bathed all the affected parts of the throat, so 

 as to leave the hair underneath the neck 

 plentifully charged with the composition. 



For rather more than ha^lf an hour, dOring 

 thejsolution of the ball, and its consequent 

 effect upon the stomach, the subject seemed 

 to undergo the most painful sensations ; agi- 

 tating vibrations (or tremblings) of the whole 

 frame were very frequent; his eyes, nearly 

 dosed, seeoaed totally fixed, and the foam 

 issuing from both sides of his mouth (as he lay 

 extended at his utmost length), left not the 

 least expectation of ever seeing him even once 

 more upon his legs ; when suddenly rising 



