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was made up for him, to fmooth the Trachea and promote ex- 
peroration, viz. e Troch. Tecloral. "Batean, in Aq. Staphan. 
Sfs Solut. 5iij. Syr. 'I'ufilag. 5 i/i. 'Balfamk, ?i. 'Pulv, Anis. 
Glycyr. ana -^ 'hi, Salfam. Sulphur. Terebinth. 'Sfs. 'Teruv^ 
Gut, vj. cum mellis opt. defpumat. q,f. fiat LinEius per liacil- 
lum Glycyr. fepius. adhibend : From the ule of this the pa- 
tient's cough abated, and he expc6lorated much grumous blood 
and other matter 5 as to the convulfions and lipothymies the 
furgeon applied to his noftrils Spir. C. C. Succin. Sic. and em- 
brocated the back part of his neck with a liniment ex ol. Lil. 
M. 5i. Tereb. Succin. ana 51. iST. M. 5/i. Ung. Nervin. 
5vj, mif. 
The next day the convulfions left the patient, nor had he 
from that time any return of them or of the Syncope-^ but on 
the fourth day the flitches were broke open when the wound 
appeared large enough to admit a middle fized hand, a great 
part of the Oefophagus appeared to view, being much infla- 
med and fcratched by the rutfians inilrument- the Epiglottic 
did not as ufual, cover the Kima of the Larnyx^ fo that the 
furgeon could eafily fee up into the patients mouth; part of 
the annular cartilage was cut obliquely, and hung only by a 
fmall fibre to the upper part of the Larynx ; there were fre- 
quent ruptures, the waxed thread and needles often fretting 
thro' the flefh they held 5 but the furgeon as often repeated 
the flitches in the fame manner as before : About the loth day, 
the largeft blood-veffels appeared conglutinated and covered 
with new flcfh, the Gula hada good afpecl, and the inflaraa- 
tion of that and al! the neighbouring parts was gone of?! The 
furgeon dreffed now with Liniment. Arceiy on the nth day 
the fymptomatic fever was in a manner gone, and the wound 
under the circumllances of a good digeftion; in the mean time, 
his diet when he could fwallow, was mutton-broth,medicated ale, 
and poached eggs 5 the cough continuing a long time very fevere, 
was at length overcome by duly adhering to the ufe of the 
LinElus aforefaid, with repeated boles of Balfam. LucateL 
Conf. Rofar. Rub. hora Jomniy with a draught of a perioral 
deception, which was alfo ufed inftead of common drink, to 
mitigate the violence of the cough and procure him fleep, the 
following draught was frequently ufed, and never failed. R. 
01. Amy^dal. dul. rec exprep. 5/f« ^^' ^^ Mecou. 5 v j Laud. 
Lond. Aq. Steph. .^ ij Solut.gr. ij. fiat hauftus hora fomniju- 
rnevdus. About the nth and 12th days, there were plainly 
difcovered little portions of new flefh arifing, not only from 
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