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on the Orifices, than could be immediately imbibed. 
The Man complain’d in about half an Hour’s Time, that 
thePoifonwas got up to his Shoulder, and entering his 
Body ; butnotwithftanding this, we did not fuffer him 
to apply his Medicine \_Sallad-oil ] till an Hour and io 
Minutes after he was bitten : by which Time he began 
to be flufh’d and in a Sweat, his Hand fwoln and dis- 
colour’d. Upon an Application of his Medicine, he 
found fome Abatement of his Pain ; but the Swelling 
appear’d more vifible, and fpread itfelf farther into 
his Arm. In about a quarter of an Hour the Man 
funk under the Table, and complain’d of violent Pains 
in his Back and Bowels, nor could he bear to be 
moved. At laft, his Pulfe failing, his Jaw being fallen, 
his Countenance changed, and Eyes fix’d, we ftretch’d 
him upon the Table, and applied the Medicine to his 
Belly and Stomach. Soon after which, recovering a 
little, he began to vomit, and brought up more than a 
Quart of Phlegm and Bile. In this Condition he lay 
for more than an Hour ; and then was remov’d into 
my Lodgings ; where he was feized again with a Fit of 
vomiting, and likewife purging, and continued fo till 
Midnight. I kept him in my own Houfe above an 
Hour, in Hopes of his growing better; but his Dif- 
order ftill continuing, and the Man being too weak 
-and feeble even to Band, I fent him in a Chair home 
to his own Lodgings ; where he was put into Bed, and 
after Midnight fell afleep, and awaked the next Morn- 
ing perfectly well ; excepting that his Arm was ftill 
fwoln, and the Flefh pitted, as if it had been dropfical. 
His Arm was bound up in Papers, dipt in his own 
Medicine ; and this was all, as far as I could obferve 
or learn, that was applied to it. The fame Day we 
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