fiot mhtr clioofe to referr them to aCollcdion, which poffibly 
I may fend you within fome time, to have the more rcom to 
enlaige in this Letter on the circumftances of aStory, whereof 
you will be very glad to learn the Event. 
You havedoubtlefsheard of aii/Wmanj that hath been late- 
ly cured, and reftored to his wit$ by the means of theTransfu- 
fion. Some fpred arumour thaijhe died foon after the operati- 
on others bore the people in hand, that he was relapfed into 
a greater madnefs;, than that before, and in fliort^it hath been 
fo d^veifly difcourfedof up and down, and with fuch differing 
reflexions thereon^ that I thought my felf obliged^ for the clear- 
ing up of what fufe rumours had darkned, to give you a faith- 
full and cxadl account of the condition ^ to which this poor 
Man was reduced before the Transfufion of what paflTed during 
that Operation , and the furprifing effeiflS; that have followed 
upon it hitherto. 
The Patient is about 34 years of age. His Phrenfy began 
firft of all to appear 7 or 8 years agoe, and as far as can be judg- 
ed, it was occafion'd by a difgrace he received a little before, 
in fome Amours, where he hoped to find a -very confiderable 
fortune. This firft fit of extravagance was very violent;, and la- 
ftedio. months without any good inteivall: but returning after- 
ward by little and little to hiswits^ and having given all the pof- 
fible marks of a found underftanding, he was married to a young. 
Gentlewoman, who was perfwaded , that this madnefs of his 
was the relick of a Sicknefs he had before, and that there was 
no appearance he would ever relapfe into it.But this was far from 
proving fo, as wasimagined, and even the very firft year of his 
marriage ended not without his returning to his former Extra- 
vagancies. 
Thus then herelapfed, and was feveral times reftored thefe 
7 or 8 years laftpaft. But, what is hete chiefly to be obferved, 
is, that the fit never lafted with him lefs than 8 or lo moneths, 
without any refpit, notwirhftanding all the care and means ufed 
to relieve him. For itisalfo fit to take notice, that a perfoa 
of quality, having once taken apurpofeto attempt his Cure by 
all manner of wayes, caufed him to be bledm his feet^ armes, 
and headj even i8 times, and made liim bath himfelf 40 times, 
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