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What Sorbait afferts, I found to be true by Experience : 
Otherwife I know not to what Caufe to impute my ha- 
ving felt, during this Contagion, the very fame Pains 
which he did, feveral times, one after another, info- 
much that fometimes r was notable to ftir. Befides, 
when I have come from Places where People lay as yet 
unburied, or from infe&ed Houfes, I have frequently 
found a palpitation at my Heart, a pain in my Head, 
and Anxiety, with a reaching to Vomit, but without 
bringing any thing up. 
In the beginning of OBobtr I fell ill of a violent Ca- 
tarrh, which obliged me to keep my Bed. On the third 
Day it turned to a Salivation, which continued for three 
Hours fo violent, that my Gums and Mouth fwell’d 
as if I had taken Mercurj * but the next Day I recove- 
red and was well again. I wa 3 never affeded in like 
manner either before or (ince. From whence I con- 
clude, that I received it from the Poifon in the Air 5 
only it had not Power enough over me, otherwife it 
might have fuffocated me. I had once like to have died, 
of the Venom of a Viper 5 for in the Year 170$. ( April 
27-) I was bit by one in the fore Finger of my left 
Hand 5 of which in a Moment after I grew out of order, 
and at laft fell into Convulfions. Having immediately 
after the Bite fuck’d my Finger, my Face fwelled, and 
my Mouth almoft clofed up. Being in this Condition, 
few expefted my Life 5 but notwithftanding, in three 
Hours after, the Convulfions began to ceafe, and I gra- 
dually recovered. But to return to my prefent Subjed. 
That the Air was adually infected, appears from this, 
that many of our Inhabitants, though they took never 
fo great Care to prevent being infeded, kept continually 
at Home, ufed all manner of Prefervatives both inward 
and outward, fuffered none of the Infeded to approach 
either them or their Servants, yet neverthelefs they 
caught the Infedion. Befides, others that converfed 
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