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experienced. The Matter was fo prodigiouily fetid, 
that, for fome time after he was drefs’d, the Stink 
in the Chamber was fcarce tolerable 5 and it was near 
the Middle of March before the Difcharge began to 
abate. I11 this Space of Time he cough’d up 25 
Shot } had frequently hedic Pleats, and Night- 
Sweats; a quick feverifh Pulfc return’d couftantly 
towards Evening, with great Third ; he had loft his 
Appetite, and was greatly emaciated; his chief Food 
was Milk, and Phyfick the Bark.- 
In order to give a free Paffage to the Matter thro’ 
the Wound, and prevent the Stink from killing him 
(as the poor Boy expreffed it), by coming through the 
Mouth, I had for fome time kept a Cannula in the 
Wound ; but, in lefs than a Fortnight, I found myfelf 
obliged to leave it quite out ; for tho’ it anfwcr’d the 
End of giving the Matter a free Paffage that Way, and 
prevented its coming by the Mouth, yet the Quantity 
thro’ the Wound increafed daily, and his hedic Heats 
became more violent. 
Seeing no Profped of any End to be put to the 
Difcharge of Matter, it keeping up to its ufual Quan- 
tity for a Month or 6 Weeks longer, and the poor 
Boy reduced to a meer Sceieton, I was determined, 
if poffible to heal the Wound, and commit the Event 
to Nature ; there not being one favourable Symptom 
to give the leaft Hope of his Recovery. 
About the Middle of June the Wound was quite 
cicatriz’d, 2 or 3 Exfoliations being lirft caft off from the 
Scapula. His Cough ftill continued with a Difcharge 
of the fame fetid us , but in three Weeks it began 
to abate; and, towards the latter End of July, he 
had gain’d Flefh, and his Cough had left him ; he 
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