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aot rather choofe to referr them to a Cohesion, which poBibly 
I may fend you within fome time s to have the more room to 
enlarge in this Letter on the circumftances of a Story, whereof 
you will be very glad to learn the Event. 
. You have dbubtlefs heard of a Mad man, that hath been late- 
ly cured , and reftored to his wits. by the means - of the Transfu- 
iion e Some fpred a rumour that; he died foon after the operati- 
on 5 others bore the people in hand, that he was relapfed into 
a greater madneisj than that before, and in fiiort,it hath been 
fo div ei fly difcourfed of up and down, and with fuch differing 
reflexions thereon, that I thought myfelf obliged, for the clear- 
ing up of what falfe rumours had darkned, to give you a faith- 
ful! and exa<ft account of the condition , to which this poor 
Man was reduced before the Transfulion *, of what paffed during 
that Operation , and the furprifing effects, that have followed 
upon it hitherto. 
The Patient is about 34 years of age. His Phrenfy began 
firft of all to appear 7 or 8 years agoe, and as far as can be judg- 
ed,, it was occafion’d by a difgrace he received a little before, 
in fome Amours, where he hoped to find. a very confiderable 
fortune. T his firft fit of extravagance was very violent, ’and la- 
fled 10. months without any good interval!. : but returning after- 
ward by little and little to his wits, and having given all the pof- 
fible marks of a found underftanding, he was married to a young 
Gentlewoman, who was perfwa-ded / that this madnefs of his 
was the relick of a Sicknefs he had before, and that there was 
no appearance he would ever relapfe into it.But this was far from 
proving fo, as was imagined, and even the very fiift year of his 
marriage ended not without his returning to his former Extra- 
vagancies. 
Thus then he relapfed, and was feveral times reftored thefe 
7 or 8 years laftpaft. But what is here chiefly to be obferved, 
is, that the fit never laftedwith him lefs than8 or 10 moneths, 
without any refpit, notwithftanding all the care and means ,ufed 
to relieve him. For it is alfo fit to take notice, that a perfon 
of quality, having once taken apurpofeto attempt his Cure by 
all manner of wayes, caufed himtobe bled in his feet, armes, 
and head, evert 18 times, and made him bath himfelf 40 times* 
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