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his jaws, with a fomewhat painful, or rather uneafy 

 fenfation in thofe of the neck; having no other complaint 

 at the time, he was blooded, and had an emollent lini- 

 ment for the parts affedled, and was ordered a lenient 

 purge, ex Mann. eS^' Sal, Glaub, This operated immedi- 

 ately. 



The day following the pains in his jaws increafed, the 

 mufcles of his back and neck were frequently feized with' 

 violent fpafms, which proceeded to the mufcles of his thighs 

 and legs, rendering them quite rigid. 



He could fcarcely refrain from crying out at thefe times, 

 and could not, bur with difiicuky, open his teeth, fo far 

 as to admit a knife between. Luckily for him his under 

 jaw proje£led naturally beyond the upper jaw, fo that his 

 food palled between his teeth, and he had no great diffi- 

 culty in fwallowing liquids. His pulfe was iloMv and fmall, 

 and his fl^in was below the natural heat: He had nofleep,, 

 for fo foon as he dofed, fevere fpafms would roufe him. 



Having obferved in the London Medical EfTays, that 

 thefe complaints had been fuccefsfully treated with free 

 exhibitions of opium, and having before thisobftinate cafe 

 came under my obfervation relieved patients by very libe- 

 ral dofes of it, I thought nothing in the Materia Medica 



would be fo likely to yield relief in this cafe. I therefore 

 prefcribed on the evening of the fecond day as follow, Wz. 



'June jth, R. Pulnj: Contrayenv: Com*: T>ifs. Nitre: 



pur: Camph\ Opic pur: ana ^fs. M D in P 



JEfex. Cap:\iinam 2>tia quaque horL 



Zth. He was no better, his ftiffnefs continued with fre- 

 quent fpafms fevere and painful. The powders were re-- 

 peated with DiJ of opium. 



gtk He had no fleep, no difturbance in his mind, 

 the leaft affedion of the Senforlum Commune which could 



nor 



be attributed to the opium. His powders were repeated 

 as yefterday; he took liquid food, fuch as weak broths 

 gruels and ptifans. A generalbath was ordered, in which 

 he was put ftifF as a ftake, and the fplae with all the ri^-Id 



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