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fhages, and other terrible Symptoms 5 I was the 
more ready to conclude that it might be of great Ufe 
in the Small- Pox under the like Circumflances ; more 
efpecially, as Dr. Monro, in the Paper above-men- 
tion’d, allures us, that, by its Ufe, * Fetechi re, in 
* feveral variolous Patients, became gradually more 
4 pale-colour'd, and at laft difappear'd/ I was the 
lels fearful of making an Experiment which was 
new (at leaft in thefe Parts) in a Diftemper at- 
tended with fuch fatal Symptoms, becaufe fcarce any 
recover under them by the common Methods. For, 
to ufe the late celebrated Dr. Freind’s Words [ Epifl . 
de Furgant .], c Ad has anguftias cum ventam jit , 
* nequaquam oportet dubitare , an anceps prrefet dare 
1 remedium, an nullum : quod , utcunque anceps,po~ 
‘ tejl fortajje vitam fervare , potejl Jdltem ad dies 
1 aliquot protrahere . Sed quid ji non fuccejjerit ? 
1 fat is eft, ut quis hoc Medicina genus jure expe- 
1 riri putetur , Ji id vel in millejimo cor pore profe - 
e cijfe compererit! 
The firfl: Perfon to whom I gave the Bark in the 
Small-Pox, was one Mr. Hall y a young Gentleman 
of about 24 Years of Age, who lived within two 
Miles of this Town. After heating himfelf violently 
at a Ball, he was feiz'd with the previous Symptoms 
of the Small-Pox. The third Day of his Illnefs he 
fent for me > and before that time he had been 
blooded, had taken a few Salts and Manna, which 
had given him 2 or 3 Stools, and afterwards ufed 
the TDecoff. Nitrof The Blood, which had been 
taken away, appear'd highly inflamed. When I faw 
him, I found the Puftules extremely numerous un- 
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