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and heav7 Pains I underwent, that Matter muft lodge 
cither under or upon the eriofleum^ an Incifion. 
was made to the Bone, by which only two or three 
Drops of Matter were difcharged. ’Twas expefted 
this fmall Difcharge might in fome meafure mitigate 
my Pain, but it did not 5 the fame Evening, that 
Pain I at firft complain’d of was changed into uni- 
verfal Convulfions, and the Oppreflion upon my 
Vitals fo great, as to threaten immediate Death. 
The Intentions of Cure (which were ftridly at- 
tended to, by my ingenious Friend Dr. Charles 
.Bdlguf) were to fortify the Heart with Cordials, to 
enable it to re lift and throw out the Malignity, and 
to bring the Sores to a plentiful Digeftion. 
The firft was treated with the higheft Alexiphar- 
macs, the latter, as at firft, with ftrong Suppuratives : 
This being about the eighth Day of my Illnefs, and the 
Convulfions continuing, with an unequal and low 
Pulfe, and as there was little Appearance of Matter, 
Blifters were plentifully applied, as near to the Parts 
affefted as poftible, in order to make a Revulfion 
from the Heart, and throw off the morbid Matter by 
the Wounds. In. about three Days this Point was 
gain'd, the Convulfions began to abate, and the 
Wounds digeft j in four more, I found a CefTation of 
Symptoms, except a Faintnefs and Lownefs of Spirits, 
which hung upon me for a great while after, which 
peftiicntial Fevers (as this was judged one in an high 
Degree) are known always to leave behind them. 
I fuppofe I might receive this Infection as much by 
Infpiration as Contaft ; for fome of my Afliftants, 
who were in the Room only, and never touched one 
Drop of the Liquor, found themfelves much difor- 
der’d. 
