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Ad ami ; when the Patient fell into Strangulation, 
and afterwards Privation of Senfe. Upon recover- 
ing from the Fir, as we perceived, that, notwith- 
ftanding rhefe Obftacles, he had fwallowed the Bread, 
allowing him Time to reft, we propofed to him to 
endeavour to fwallow a Spoonful of Liquids which 
he teemed moft {hock’d at : He anfwered with Ficrce- 
nefs, That he could not away with Drink : How- 
ever, upon Recoliedion, he faid, He would endea- 
vour it: And, taking a Spoonful of Ale-houfe Drink 
into his Mouth, he was inftantly feized with Con- 
vulfions, beginning from the Bottom of the Abdo- 
men, and afcending with great Violence to the Head, 
till he fell into a Fit of longer Duration than the 
former : However, he fwallowed the Liquor ; and* 
upon his recovering his Senfes, he pointed with great 
Vehemence to his Arm, fignifying, that he defired to 
be blooded; from which, he afterwards told us, he 
had before found Relief. 
As hisPulfe was extremely hard, we direded the Sur- 
geon to take away i<5 Ounces, which proved ad ‘De- 
li quium : However, that foon palling off, hisPulfe 
ftill continued hard, his Flefh hot, with grievous Com. 
plaints of the Pain in his Head. 
Upon conlidering his Cafe, as he had received no 
Relief from the ordinary Treatment of this Diflerm 
per, and that his Symptoms were now become highly 
inflammatory (Blood flzy, and flammeous Urine), 
we refolved to lay afide all Thought of Infedion, and 
to betake ourfelves to the Method of Cure in inflam- 
matory Fevers; with this Difference only, That, as 
he had pafs’d fome Days without Stools, he was di- 
rected to take an Enema , immediately : and then 
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