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IX. Extraffi of a Letter from Andrew Cant« 
well, M. D. Monfpel. to Dr. Stack, dated 
at Montpellier, June 23. 1732. N. S. 
Containing an Account of a large Glandu- 
lar Tumor in the Pelvis ; and of the perni- 
cious Effects of crude Mercury given in~ 
voardly to the ‘Patient . 
O N the 7th Inftant, I was called hence to Bai- 
ler uc, to vifit an Englijh Gentleman, who was 
ill there. In the Houfe where he lodg'd, was one 
P r M—n , born in France , but fettled in Ca- 
diz. This poor Gentleman, having been very ill thefe 
two or three Years laft paft, had loft the Ufe of his 
Left Leg and Thigh, was fubje&to frequent Head-achs 
and Pains in his Bones, but more efpecially in his 
Legs : For which, becaufe he had been given to Wo- 
men, his Phyficians in Cadiz falivated him twice, 
fent him to feveral hot Waters, and gave him all the 
Remedies they could imagine, but to no Purpofe s for 
his Illnefs increafing, he had from time to time great 
Difficulty of making Water, and going to Stool. In 
this Condition he came from Spain to Marseilles , and 
from thence was fent to the Waters of Balleruc , of 
which he drank a great Quantity. But as they did not 
pafs, his Phyfician there order'd him ftrong Purges, 
with ClyftersofaDeco&ion of Tobacco y and the like. 
He then began to vomit his Excrements 5 upon which 
the Phyfician to the Marquis of C— — — s Regiment 
in Spain , who happen'd to be there, order'd him half 
