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walked abroad, and was, to Appearance, quite re- 
cover'd. But this fair Profped did not lad Jong ; for, 
towards the latter End of Augufty I was called to him 
In the Night, and found him fupported in the Bed, 
with a Half-pint Bafon in his Hand, almoft full of 
the fame Sort of (linking putrid Matter, which he 
ufed to cough up : It had been emptied but a Quarter 
of an Hour before, lb that, in lefs than half an Hour, 
he had expe&orated a full Pint. This Cough continued 
upon him 1 6 Hours longer 5 when, the Load of Mat- 
ter being pump’d up, he grew much better. Two or 
three Days before this fevere Attack, he had complained 
of being faint, feverifh, and drait at the Bread, for 
which he was bled, &c. In this Fit of Coughing, 
he brought up with the Pus 14 Shot. He had three 
of thefe violent Returns before the Summer was quite 
over, which reduced him nearly to his former weak 
State, but difeharged no Shot. 
In November following, I laid on a Caudic to the 
Cicatrix of the Wound in his Back s and kept it open 
with a large Bean, to try if a Difcharge, by way of 
lfiiie, might divert the Matter from coming by the 
Mouth : He had no fuch violent Seizures afterward, 
but dill a hc&ic Cough upon him, which expecto- 
rated a fmall Quantity of the fame fetid Pus: The 
Difcharge from the Iflue was pretty conftderable, 
and he weather’d out the Winter tolerable well. 
In March 173 9 , he grew feverifh, and complain’d 
of a great Load and Pain jud above the Diaphragm, 
on the Left Side : I applied a warm Plaider, and drew 
off ten Ounces of Blood, which I found was pretty 
much inflamed. A few Days afterwards an Abfcefs 
formed between the Ribs, where he had before com- 
plained 
