Cm] 
tempted that we thought requifite ; but it seems thefe 
laft were omitted, and whilft we were thus folicitous a- 
bout preferving his t'other Eye a fevere Fit feiz'd him, 
foon after which he died. I hapiied the day after to be 
with a Patient out o'th town, and not having timely no- 
tice of his death I mift the opportunity of opening the 
Body ; but I was told that in the upper part of his head^ 
neck and flioulders, ?i great blathn ]s appear d not long 
after he was dead ( from the fettling of the blood I fup- 
pofe in thofe parts) which (hews that what was laftorder'd, 
which was for feveral days before his deaths had been ve- 
ry proper in this cafe. 
What fuccefs the "Trepan or Salivation might have had 
here we did not tryj tho the former where there is any dif- 
charge of matter, and the latter in venereal pains of the 
head I know fucceed well ; but thefe were not chiefly no- 
Hurnal, and the Patient (whenever I prefl: him in the 
things profeft to me the contrary, and feeing him fo 
willing to do any thing for a Cure, and being a very fo- 
ber temperate Youth, I had no reafon to fufpeit him; 
and indeed he never fuffer'd much of thofe fevere and 
girding pains but when his Fits were upon him. 
Thus., Sir, have I fent you a plain Isfarrative of this 
extraordinary Cafe, hoping you will excufe the carelefs 
and un-ftudied drefs 'tis fent in s whereby you will fur- 
ther oblige 
SIR, 
r Yoar very humble Servant 
William Briggs, 
The 
