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dire£ted to drink a decodion of ferpentar : virg : difguifed 

 with old metheglin, as a common drink ; and as her Ikin 

 was pale and clammy, fhe had a clyfter of one drachm of 

 cort. peruv. and ten grains of ferpent. virgin, in milk, to 

 be adminiftered every fix or eight hours; but of thefe fhe 

 received but one that night; and as we found flie did not 

 retain them, they were foon difcontinued ; nor could (he 

 be prevailed on to drink but very little of the decodion. 

 I iaw her feveral times during the firft day, and d^c ap- 



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peared v/orfe at each time, About eight that evening llie 

 had fomething like a fit; and, at nine the iFlrangulation in 

 her breathing was much increafed; her pulfe was funk;: 

 her countenance changed; her nofe appeared to be pinched, 

 up; her eyes were fixed and glafiy; a blue ring wa€ ob- 

 fervable about her mouth, and Ihe was comatous. I left 

 her, expefting fhe would ibou die. Her blifters had been^ 

 dreffed a little before; had rilen well; and difcharged free- 

 ly; and, within two or three hours, as I was informed by the 

 watches who fat up with her, (he feemed to revive. The 

 next morning 1 was greatly furprifed, not only to find her^ 

 living, but in a fitting pofture, eating her breakfaft, with, 

 little or no difficulty of breathing, having her natural coun- 

 tenance returned, -with fome colour in her cheeks, and her 

 pulfe rather rifen. At tv;elve o*clock however her breath- 

 ing grew more difficuh, and though not fo ftrangulated ar 



the day before, was very quick and uneafy. From this 

 time for five days fl\e remained in a very dangerous fitu- 

 ation, and gave but little reafon to expert her recovery. 

 Her breathing continued quick and laborious, and her 

 voice was almoft entirely gone; her pulfe was quick and' 

 low; ihe fweated profufely, particularly at nights, and 

 conftantly lay in her bed in a comatous fituation, given 

 however diftind anfwers when fpoken to. I could difco- 

 ver nothing difagreeable in her breath, though fometimea 

 what flie brought up was a little offenfive. During this 

 time, and for many days after, the blifters difcharged con- 

 fiderably, and the matter of tlie difcharge was fo fharp and 



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