continuing to Fiave the Menfes regu^. - J being flil! free 
from an Hedick, but upon very V Cold, (he again 
raifed that fetid Pus in a confidera!>i^, quantity. She ge- 
nerally continued pretty free from Gnjghing (evcral hours 
together, till fbe perceiv'd fomething of a fullneft in her 
^reaft, which would oblige hr^ to Cough, and after (he • 
had once began to raife iTie could not ceafe, till (he had 
brought up two Spoonfuls or more of that fetid Pus. This 
ilie did chiefly in the Morning, Afternoon and at Night ^ 
I did -apprehend (he had an ablcefs in the Left Lobe of her 
tungs,and made her lye upon the Bed,with 'her head reach- 
ing to the Chamber Floor, leaning upon her Left Arm. In 
this pofture the could at any time, after a little Cough, fet 
the Pus a running out of her Mouth, as you have feen fe- 
deral times, till the whole which was therein contain'd was 
difcharg'd. 
Then (he would get upland fecm to be as well as another 
perfon, till it was almoft fiird again. In the beginning ct 
M^j/laft, thofe Excellent Phyficians, Dr Torlefe and E>r 
Pitts favoured me with their kind afEftance. They faw 
her lye in the pofture I have defcrib'd,and faw more than 2 * 
fpoonfuls of (linking Pus or Corruption run out of her 
Mouth, after a little Coughing. This made it fo apparent 
that there was an Ulcer in her Lungs, that they immediate- 
ly approved of what I had before propofed to her and her 
Relations, of the neceiiity of making an Apertition in her 
fide, where we could apprehend the Lungs grew to it, for 
that feem*d unqueftionabIe,from the pofture of difcharging 
it^ and forae little pain (be felt in her fide. The great o- 
plnion her Pvelations juftly entertain'd of thefe Gentle- 
men, being not only Men of great Learning, particularly 
in their own Profeflion, but alfo ot many years Pra 
aice, Dr Torlefe having been almoft 30 years fince, 
chofen Phyficiaa to St Thomas s Hofpital, and Dr Vitts 
to St Bartholomews feveral years ago, made them rea- 
dily confent to what was propofed , and defire your 
afiiftance , 
