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tolerably well; after which fhe took half an Ounce 
of the Extrad of the Barky and two Scruples of 
Alum in 24 Ho us. This Medicine I continued, 
without Variation, for three or four Days, when 
the Alum made her fo fick, *that I was obliged to 
leflln its Quantity, continuing ftill to give her the' 
Extrad as before. 
Within this time the Purples had all difappear'd ; 
the Hxmorrhage was flopped, and the Loofenefs con- 
fiderably abated 5 the Puftules came on well, and fhe 
fpit plentifully. 
The Difeafe continued to proceed very well, till 
the fixteenth Day after the Eruption ; but then, 
growing tir'd of her Medicine, fhe perfuaded her 
Nurfe to omit it,* which fhe did for about 24 Hours. 
During this time fhe took but a very Email Quantity 
of Liquids ? for, as fhe Teem'd to lie eafy, and in a 
kind of dozing S umber, her Nurfe thought (he 
ought not to difturb her. It was prodigious to obferve 
the Alteration occafion'd by this Omiffion and Ne~ 
gled: Her Pulfe grew quick and weak, and the Hu- 
mours acquired the higheft Degree of Putrefadionj 
fo that flie died, perfedly gangrenous, on the 20th 
Day. 
Thefe are a few Inftances, out of many others 
which I could produce, of the furprifing Effeds of 
this Antidote. Indeed I have given it to very many 
Perfons in the firfl Stages of the Diftemper, where 
the Betechice have appear'd before, or as foon as 
the Puflules of the Small-Pox; and to others in the 
Time of Maturation, where the Matter has been 
crude and watry 5 and, lean fafely fay, almoft always 
with 
