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When the Dr. came to him, he found him full of complaints of his ill treat- 

 ment ; and had he not had a watchful eye upon him, he had suffered from a 

 blow intended at him ; but he got him to take the medicines as before, and 

 with allowing him a more plentiful diet, and a great quantity of diluting drinks, 

 he became perfectly well in 6 weeks, and has enjoyed a good state of health 

 and sound judgment these several years. 



3. A mercer's wife, 36 years of age, having borne 4 children, and who was 

 naturally of a lively, active disposition, fell so ill, all of a sudden, one day 

 at sermon, that with much ado they could get her out of church with common 

 decency. She tore every thing about her, talked much, and uttered horrid 

 oaths. She had the best advice, that Edinburgh could give her. They failed 

 of success, and left off visiting her. About half a year after, the Dr. was 

 consulted about her. He treated her in the foregoing manner, and in 4 days 

 there was a sensible alteration for the better, and in 4 more she went abroad. 

 He still continued the use of the medicines for 14 days after recovery, and now 

 she is as well as ever she was in her life. 



4. A young man aged 20, of a full habit, was so very bad in the sullen, de- 

 spairing way, wounding himself with his teeth and hands, that there was a 

 necessity of close watching him. The Dr. vomited him twice, gave him some 

 other things common in such cases ; then began him with the camphire, which 

 in 10 days brought him to reason. He relapsed after that on the change of 

 the moon ; was ill for 3 days, but not so as before. He came out of it again, 

 and stood the change of the next moon with only a little heaviness, as in the 

 hypo. At the height of the same moon, the day before, he was very uneasy, 

 and seemed to resemble a person greatly hypochondriac. The Dr. still conti- 

 nued to him the camphire, and the other alterative medicines, for some time, 

 but in a much smaller dose than in his illness : in 9 weeks he was perfectly 

 cured, and continues in good health. 



^ Method for determiniyig the Geographical Longitude of Places, from the 

 appearance of the common Meteors called Falling Stars. By George Lynn, 

 Esq. of Southivich, Northamptonshire. N° 400, p. 351. 



On perusing Dr. Halley's account in the Philos. Trans. N° 36o, of that ex 

 traordinary meteor which appeared all over England, IQth of March, 17 18-9, 

 Mr. Lynn observed one very great use he suggests might be made of those 

 momentaneous phaenomena, in determining the geographical longitude of 

 places, if we could but have the least notice of their appearing, &c. 



Mr. Lynn thinks that some other meteors which are very frequent, though 



