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acquaintance, he took half a drachm of salt of hartshorn night and morning, 

 in a draught of warm whey, for some time; but without any sensible effect, 

 even by perspiration. Some little time after this, he began to complain of a 

 slight periodical heat and thirst, which returned every night, with a quick, hard 

 pulse, but which was not so great as to make him uneasy. 



It was Sept. 1739, when, having an opportunity of going with some friends, 

 he determined to try what Bath would do for him : in his journey thither, 

 the nocturnal heat and thirst increased so much, as to prevent his sleeping ; 

 but in the few days that he spent in recovering from the fatigue of the journey, 

 they seemed to go off again. He then began to use the waters, both inter- 

 nally and externally ; on which the last-mentioned symptoms again appeared, 

 and he was obliged to desist, and use cooling medicines. His physicians then 

 advised him to bathe the affected limb only; on which they returned again, and 

 with such violence, that the further use of the waters was thought highly im- 

 proper, and he left them off. 



During this time the sight of his left eye became dim, and the dimness in- 

 creased gradually for some little time, till he became quite blind of that eye; 

 the bulb of it being considerably enlarged, and thrust forward out of the 

 orbit. 



For the most part of the time he had been at Bath, he had generally been 

 very costive ; and, on leaving off the water, had no stool for some days ; for 

 which reason a common clyster was given, and produced so profuse a discharge 

 of serous matter, and continued for so many hours, almost incessantly, that he 

 was reduced as low as possible. 



For some time past, several small tumours had appeared in different parts of 

 him, viz. 5 or 6 on his head, 2 or 3 in his back, and one in the neck, all 

 lying just under the skin, and sensibly increasing every day, till they came to 

 a considerable size. 



Decembers, 1739, he returned to London. His chief complaints now 

 were an excessive languor, an inability to move his right hip, and when moved 

 by another person, a very acute pain in it ; an incapacity of sleeping when in 

 bed, and an intense thirst in the night, with a quick hard pulse. 



He now took the advice of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Shaw, who prescribed him 

 the cinnabar of antimony 3 times a day, to drink the Seltzer water, and keep 

 to a cooling regimen ; and allowed him a moderate dose of the pill Matthaei 

 every night ; by means of which he got some sleep, of which he had for some 

 time been absolutely deprived. 



When he had taken the cinnabar 5 or 6 days, and during that time had no 

 stool; a clyster was given, which brought away all the medicine, without the 



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