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of Liquor were difcharged j and dying at laft of the 
fame Diftemper, I was defircd by her Friends to let 
out the Water that was then contain’d in the Abdo- 
fneUy as well to preferve the Corpfe the longer from 
Putrefaftion, as to prevent an Annoyance to the 
Company at the time of her Funeral. Yet not- 
withftanding this was done within a few Hours after 
Death, the included Humours were arriv’d to fuch a 
Pitch of Putrefadion, as to difcolour the external 
Parts with a green and livid Hue. The Liquor 
itfelf was green, and fomewhat thicker than new 
Milk, in Smell more fetid and offenfive than what I 
ever met with, and fo lharp and acrimonious in its 
Nature, as deeply to corrode a filver Canula, through 
which it paffed. And what Ihew’d it to be highly 
malignant, may be judged of from the following 
Circumftances. 
The Night after the Operation, I was fomewhat 
reftlefs and uneafy, and the next Day afflided with 
fmall Tremors, and an unufual Laffitudej in about 
three Days after, feveral angry Puftles arofe upon my 
Hands and Fingers, and I believe on every Place 
where the ieaft Drop of Water fell ; fome of which 
coming to Matter, went off foon ; thofe which did 
not, continued painful, and remained much longer. 
-—The Thumb of .my Right Hand, and middle 
Finger of my other, were affeded more feverely than 
any other Part, the Pain more exquifite, the Swelling 
more hard and large, and of a red dusky Complexion. 
This was about the 6th Day of my Illnefs, and altho’ 
theftrongeft Suppuratives were made ufe of, yet they 
fail’d of the deflr’d Succefs, the Pains being con- 
tinual.-^Being perfuaded from the great Pulfatioii 
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