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as there dated ; wherefore (not doubting the Veracity 
of the. Author) I always believed him to be deceived 
by a Polypus of the Vein, which might be cough’d 
up in the Manner by him defcribed. 
But the following Cafe will give another Light to 
this Affair. July the 18th 1730, I was confulted 
by Mr. of "Black Friars , on Behalf of his 
Brother, living in Ejfex, who was afthmatic, and 
cough’d up Phlegm refembling Worms ; to remedy 
which, I directed the Ufe of a Lac Ammoniacum 
with Squills; from the Ufe of which he expectorated 
more ealily, but continued ftill to cough up the fame 
Subftances. 
The 1 ith Inftant, on the Road to London , he was 
■feized with a Shivering, and pleuretic Pains ; a white 
Tongue, hard and quick Pulfe, cf c. By repeated 
Bleeding his P'ains decreafed, but the Cough remained 
more violent than ufual. On examining the expecto- 
rated Phlegm (which was tinged with Blood) I found 
it fibrous, and (when expanded in Water) exaCtly re- 
fembling the Veffels in the Lungs. Thefe Subfiances 
are as tough as the Coats of the Veins, and (like them) 
hollow. Mr.. — — has cough’d up more or lefs of 
them every Day, for feven Years j fometimes per- 
fectly white, and fometimes tinged with Blood : Not- 
withftanding which, he has had no other Complaint, 
has had a good Appetite, and Colour, and a greater 
Share of Fat than any Man would choofe. The Spe- 
cimen here {hewn (as in Fig. 1.) was expectorated, 
when I was prefent, the 16th Inftant. It nearly re- 
fembles the firft Draught of fulpius , and is no more 
than a vifeid Phlegm, fecreted by the relaxed Glands. 
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