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fkin and loofe from it, to the "Pedtwcuks ^ the outer coat of the 
"Pedunculus was continued to the flcin of the lower pear, and 
this fkin to that of the upper pear, the inner fibres of the ^Pe- 
dunculus went thro' the lower into the upper pear, and difper- 
fed themfelves in it 3 the upper part was twice as big as the 
lower, and had leveral kernels in it, but the lower had none at 
all. 
J[n Account of Rheumatic Convulfive Pains, about the Loins 
ty Tir. Chriftophcr Pitt. Phil. Tranf. N° 2^0. p. 471. 
I'ran/ldted from the Latin. 
APerfon about 9 5 years of age, robuft, and of a bilious 
conftitution, had his pores clofed up perhaps by a fudden 
cold he took after hard working ; as foon as he was taken ill, he 
became feverifli, having firftafhiveringcoldfit, and nexta hot 
fit, with erratic pains at one time in the ftomach andinteftines, 
and at another time inthebreaft; but thele fymptoms were 
foon changed into others; the morbific matter was lodged all 
in the patients back, having fuch violent pains from the loins 
down to the Co%cndk, that great drops of fweat run down his 
hair and face ; fo that he could not lie a-bed, fir, or iland ; only 
that comprefling his belly againft the bedftead, feemed to 
give him fome relief from the pains in his loins, tho' he could 
not continue eafy for any time in that pofture 3 for being feifed 
with convulfions, he would raife himfelf up with a diftorted 
mouth, and a frightful countenance, and then fall back upon 
the ground ( unlefs fome perfon was at hand to prevent it ) 
where he lay for dead, not being able to move himfelf, and 
having no more ftrength to get up than a child; at which 
time his arms and legs became fo ftiff, that they could neither 
be drawn up, nor ftretch'd out ; his mouth was convulfed in 
fuch a manner that a fpoon could hardly enter it ; the convul- 
fions in his back and limbs returned by fits, which were not 
periodical, but at one time fooner, at another time later, ac- 
cording to the greater or lefs violence of his pain ; This poor 
patient lay againft the bedftead, a pofture he was fond to be 
in, as above mewn 5 about three weeks, never lying down on 
the bed, commonly without any deep, and in the moft exqui- 
fite agonies, with frequent convulfions ; thefe were the fymp- 
toms the Dr. obfervcd, the patient being otherwife in a good 
flate of health ; he had no inclination to vomit; his pulfe was 
ftiong and equal, his tongue was moift. covered with a whi- 
tifh pellicle 3 the blood taken from hiiii, looked like that 
in 
