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issue, which had been applied three years before on 

 the region of the liver, without any bad conse- 

 quence 5 and, in 1831, she was brought to bed of an 

 healthy child. 



In this case, therefore, the liver w r as evidently 

 the principal seat of that lady's complaints, and the 

 pectoral symptoms, the hectic fever, and complete 

 loss of strength , only secondary and aggravated by 

 immoderate bleeding. Had the pulmonary affections 

 been the primary disease , our waters would have 

 undoubtedly accelerated her death, which seemed 

 approaching, when she arrived at Carlsbad. 



