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"^ Letter from Dr. Tmh^xvih of ?^zXishmj contain- 
ing fome confiderabk Obfervations in the ^rz&ik 
of Fhyfic. 
Sin 
I will now proceed in communicating more of my 
Obfervations to you ; at prelent be pleafd to accept 
thefe which follow. 
I had a Gentlewoman my Patient, who was much 
troubled with the falling Sicknels ^ in her Water I faw 
a great number of fliort Worms, full of legs, and like 
Millepedes : I gave her two or three purges, firft with Pil : 
Agaric. & H^ubarb s buti ftill perceiv'd, in every Water 
was brought me, eight, or ten, or more, of the Worms i 
they appear d lively, and full of Motions and the fits 
continued daily : at laft I gave Her half an ounce of 
ymel Helleboratum in Tanfy Water; which wrought 
well and was fuccefsfuU ; fo that (he had a compleat cure* 
I fliall leave you to judge of thecaufe of the Malady. 
About fix or feven years fince, I had a Gentleman 
(Mr. OylifF byname,) in cure of his Eye; which was as 
big as my fift, black, fiefliy, and full of blewifli blad- 
ders ; this I judgd ta be a Cancer: after purging , and 
bleeding, I cut out the ball, and ulcerd flefli , by 
many Cuts, which were all inlenfible to Him, till I came 
to the Optic Nerve : at the laft Cutt He complaind, 
and bled a little ; the Wound was heal'd in about a fort- 
night ; He now wears a black patch over the place. 
Not long after this, a young man(^my Patient J had 
an Eye as big as a Hens Egg, very fair, without ble- 
miih. Rheum, or rednefs ; and his fight was pretty 
tolerable ; I judgd thefe Symptomes to proceed from 
thin humors fallen on the Eye, ami Extending its Goats: 
. B I 
