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wasextreamly incruftated by the ardour of the fever ( which 
ufually diffipates only the more tenuions partjandfo ftagna- 
ting in his veflels, he wanted the motion and heat neceflary to 
volatilife the fame, and to diffufe a fuffident activity into the 
Nerves and Mufcles. Accordingly my conjecture was confir- 
med by our opening one of his Veins , for we beheld a blood 
fo black and thick iflue forth, that it could hardly form it feif 
into a thread to fall into the porringer. We took about three 
ounces at five of the Clock in the morning, and at the fame 
time we brought a La^whofe Carotis Artery we had prepar’d, 
out of which we immittedinto the young mans Vein, about 
three times as much of its Arterial blood as he had emitted in- 
to the Difhj and then having ftopt the orifice of the Vein with 
a little bolfter, as is ufual in other phlebotomies, we caus’d him 
to lie down on his Bed, expe&ing the events and as I askt 
him now and then, how he found himfelf, he told me that du- 
ring the operation he had felt a very great heat along his Arm, 
and fince perceiv’d himfelf much eafed of a pain in his fide , 
which he had gotten the evening before by falling down a pair 
of ftaires of ten fteps, about ten of the clock he was minded to 
rife, and being I obferved him cheerful enough, I did not op- 
pofe it; and for the reft of the day, he fpent it with much more 
livelinefs than ordinary ; eat his Meals very well, and fhewed 
a clear and fmiliog countenance. He bled only 3 or 4 drops 
at the nofe, about 4 a clock of the evening, and after he had 
fupt very well, I caufed him to go to bed about 9, and falling 
afleep at io, he awakned at 2 after mid-night, and finding that 
he could not fall afleep again, he arofe at 4 in the morning. All 
this day we obferv’d his humor much more lively, and the agi- 
lity ofhis body much greater than ordinary. The next day 
he flept a little more, and from that time he eafily got the vi- 
<fto ry over his drowfinefs, which before he had often attempt- 
ed without fucceffe ; for now he never fails to rile very early 
without needing to be wakened. He executes nimbly what- 
ever is appointed him, and he hath no longer that flownefs of 
fpirit nor heavinefs of body, which before render’d him unfit 
Tor any thing. He grows fat vifibly, and in brief, is a fubjecft 
.of amazement to all thofe that know him, and dwell with him. 
Now 
