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thing, till he found himself exceedingly ill, and quite 

 giddy. About an hour and a quarter after the first 

 of his being bit, a chafing-dish of glowing charcoal 

 was brought in, and his naked arm held over it as 

 near as he could bear, while his wife rubbed in the 

 oil with her hand, turning his arm continually round, 

 as if she would have roasted it over the coals : he 

 said the poison soon abated, but the swelling did not 

 diminish much. Most violent purgings and vomit- 

 ings soon ensued 5 and his pulse became so low, and 

 so often interrupted, that it was thought proper to 

 order him a repetition of cordial potions : he said he 

 was not sensible of any great relief from these ; but 

 that a glass or two of olive oil drank down, seemed 

 to give him ease. Continuing in this dangerous 

 condition, he was put to bed, where his arm was 

 again bathed over a pan of charcoal, and rubbed with 

 olive oil, heated in a ladle over the charcoal, by Dr* 

 Mortimer's direction, who was the physician that 

 drew up the account. From this last operation he 

 declared that he found immediate ease, as though by 

 some charm ; he soon after fell into a profound 

 sleep, and after about nine hours' sound rest, awaked 

 about six the next morning, and found himself very 

 well ; but in the afternoon, on drinking some rum 

 and strong beer, so as to be almost intoxicated, the 

 Swelling returned, with much pain and cold sweats, 

 which abated soon, on bathing the arm, as before, 

 and wrapping it up in brown paper soaked in the oil. 

 " Such are the effects of the vipef's bite; yet its 



