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plained of the Pain ; which I opened, and difcharged 
about four Ounces of the fame fetid Matter, and 1 8 
Shot. Here was a true Empyema , and I had now 
great Hopes of a Cure, Nature having pointed out 
fuch a depending Part, for a Difcharge of what Mat- 
ter might be lodged in the Thorax. I then healed 
up the Iflue in his Back, and kept this new Wound 
open with a Cannula ; bur, within ten Days, the Mat- 
ter had ceafed flowing, his feverifh Symptoms again 
increas’d, and his Cough return’d with a Difcharge of 
the fame putrid Matter. I threw afide the Cannula , 
and healed the Wound between the Ribs, it anfwer- 
ing no End to keep it open longer. The remaining 
Part of the Year 1739, he had feveral Returns of his 
Cough, with pretty large Expe&orations, but they 
were not of long Continuance ; frequent Bleedings, 
a Milk-Diet, and vulnerary Medicines, were made 
ufe of. 
In the Years 1740, 41, 42, towards Spring 
and Autumn, he generally was feized with a Diffi- 
culty of Breathing, and Pain of the Side : Bleeding 
would relieve him for the prefenr, but it feldom 
ended without a Difcharge of the fame Sort of Tus 
by Coughing, and with it, fometimes, one or two 
Shot. At the latter End of the Summer 1741, he 
had an Abfcefs formed in the left Side, between the 
true and fpurious Ribs: I open’d it, and with the 
Matter difcharged 9 Shot. 
Between thefe grand Fits of Coughing (if I may fo 
call them), which happen’d three or four Times in 
the Year, he would gain Strength, grow fat, and 
work at his Trade of Glove-making. 
Towards 
