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every half hour : He told me every Dofe 

 feemed to clear his Brain, and cool it as per- 

 fectly, as if a Bafon of Cold Water were 

 poured on his Head, but it returned by de- 

 grees again : Having then a Volatile Salt by 

 me that Vomits very well, I gave him a Dofe 

 thereof, it v/orked very well, and he was very 

 much better after it : I then ordered him to 

 continue the Volatile Salt of Amber once 

 every four hours, and at each two hours end, 

 that is betwixt, Sfec. PUres ylrchonticon and 

 Rue pondered ana gr. 15. whereby he was fo 

 well recovered, that within two days he would 

 needs go home, to look after fome urgent Af- 

 fairs, and afterwards found himfeif fo well, 

 that he forgot to return, and perfect the 

 courfe; and I heard no more of him for half 

 a Year, when I was fetched one Morning to 

 him in great haft. He had been abroad, 

 play'd the Good-Fellow, and in his return 

 home, having rode a great days Journey, be- 

 ing weary, and I fuppofe finding himfeif in- 

 difpofed, he ftaid all Night in our Town, it 

 being fortunately in his way. In the Morn- 

 ing when he fhould have got up, he could not 

 ftand, whereupon the Apothecary was fent 

 for, and a Surgeon to Blood him, which was 

 accordingly done, but he grew worfe ; for ia 

 this Cafe I look upon Bleeding to be very 

 prejudicial, as well as in moft Malignant Fe- 

 vers, for thereby the Spirits are diminiflied,^ 

 and the Blood congeal'd the fooner. When 

 they had done all they could, and the Symp- 

 toms ftin increafed, they at length fent for 

 me. I never faw Man or Creature in that 

 Agony in all my life, that I found him in, 



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