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then his Juices were in fo bad a State, that, heiides 
the ‘Petechia, which were very numerous, a Place • 
on his Shin-Bone, about the Size of a Crown-Piece, 
which had been bruifed a Day or two before hisfirft 
Seizure, was now gangren’d s and the Edges look'd 
of a very deep Red, as if the Corruption was fpread- 
ing further 5 his Throat likewife was fo fore that he 
could fcarce fvvallow at all. 
I order’d him the fame Mixture as above, 
Extr . Cort. Peruv . Alim . crud . 3 ii. in about 
half a Pint of Liquid. 
Be took of this two large Spoonfuls every other 
Hour. It was not without great Difficulty that he 
got down the firft two or three Dofes$ but he had 
Refolution, and perfifted ; and before he had finifhed 
the Bottle his Throat grew better, and he fwallowed 
tolerably well. The next Day the Petechia began 
to fade away, and foon after difappear'd intirely $ the 
Cangrene alfo ftopt, and in a few Days feparated. 
He continued this Medicine thro' the whole Difeafe, 
and needed no other. 
Soon after Mr. Bradford's Recovery, his Sifter 
(about 19 Years of Age) who liv’d with him, was 
ieized with the confluent Small* Pox, attended with 
innumerable Petechia and purple Spots, together 
with a prodigious Hemorrhage ab Uter 0 , violent 
Pain in the Loins, a great Loofenefs, and Deje&ion 
of Spirits. She took the Bark with Alum in the 
fame Method, through the whole Courfe of the 
Difeafe, and recover’d. 
The ‘Diarrhoea here appear’d to me to proceed 
from the putrid State of her Juices ; and therefore, 
notwithftanding 
