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mhc weeks after he had any Stole. He dyed about a year 
after I wrote to you firft concerning hiiiu I ask'd hiia 
fome Queftions, which I apprehended neceflary, as whe- 
ther he did Vomit often, or had at any time any Ex- 
crcmentous Taftes in his Mouth, or did Sweat fmuch, or 
made more Urine than in proportion to his drinking, or 
whether he found any eafe when he did either Vomit, 
Sweat or Urined 5 all which queftions were anfwered in 
the Negative, When he did go to Stole he evacuated 
very many times in a day, and feveral days together, until 
he had empty ed himfclL But I muft tell you, that his 
Mother aflures me, that throughout his whole Life he 
never difcharg'd any other than very thin Excrement. 
Before his time of Evacuation came about, he was of an 
extraordinary bignefs many weeks before his going to 
Stole, unlefs when he could break Wind, which lie often 
endeavoured to do, by laying his Body on the edge of a 
Table or Stool, but could not often by fo doing produce 
the defired eflFed. He declined the ufe of all Medicines for 
many years before he dy'd, contenting himfelf with go* 
ing to Stofe once in three or four months, or nineteen or 
twenty weeks, as above mention'd. Bat that which a- 
mufes me as much as any thing is, that he generally had 
a petty good Stomach, and eat and drank as the reft of 
the Family did 3 nay, till the time that his Body came to 
be very full, he could do the work of a Man at Plow, 
or fuch like Husbandly labour, for Agriculture was his 
employment. I was very dcfirous to have open'd his 
Body, but could by no means convir^ce his Mother of the 
ufefulnefs and advantage of fuch a Diffeaion, which was 
no fmall regret to me, for i thought it great pity that 
fuch an extraordinary cafe ftioald not be inquired into, 
and indeed the Minifter of the Par^fli did prefs his dilTefti- 
on very hard, but the Monier was vet inflexible. This, 
Sir, is the truth of his cafe, and at firft may feem alnioft 
incredible ^ but when i afliire you that T had this account 
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