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Senfelefs, and Mad^ when at befl:, but every 

 Minute the fierceft fhiverings ran through 

 him, his Eyes would firft roll and then fet, 

 as if ready to ftart out of his Head, but a- 

 bove all, the Swelling and Luftation at his 

 Breaft, was as if he vTOuld burft, which went 

 off with a prodigious figh: All this I judged 

 the Effefts of the Heart labouring to difcharge 

 itfelf of the ftagnating Blood, and the Ner- 

 vous Cdnvulfions as confequences thereof. 

 And I am the more confirmed in this, from 

 what 1 faw in a Woman that was bit alfa 

 with a Mad-Dog in the Leg, and fell ill the 

 very day that Ihe had paid the Chirurgeon 

 for her Cure •, and notwithftanding all that 

 could be done, growing worfe, they fent for 

 me^ I went, and found her with what is called 

 a Hydrophobia: She would look earneftly after" 

 Drink or Water, and feem to delire it, but 

 as loon as flie began to drink, away it went, 

 be it what it would,withthegreatefl: Violence 

 (he could poffibly fling it. I gave her the . 

 Vomit hereafter and alfo before mentioned, 

 but (he got but little of it down, and I had 

 no more with me •, neverthelefs it fo brought 

 her to her felf, that fhe could anrwer Qaefti- 

 ons, and I asked her, whether fhe was afraid 

 of the Drink and Water, when flie flung the 

 Cups in that violent manner from her ? She faid 

 ISIo •, but when fhe offered to drink, her Breaft 

 and Heart would not let her. I asked, whe-^ 

 ther through any Averfion or Fear ? She faid, 

 Ko, fhe was very Thirfty •, but when Ihe of- 

 fered to drink, it ftruck to her Heart, and 

 ftopped her Breath. That is, as I apprehend, 

 the cold Drink paffrng down the Throat 



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