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During this iiinefs, he complained of Coidnefs in 
the Extremities-, with four Emulations ; fothat, as foon 
as it was judged fafe, he was directed to make ufe of a 
Vomit 5 which was repeated many times with Succefs. 
I obferved, when any Liquid was offered him, he 
pour’d it into his Mouth with uncommon Haftinefs : 
And, upon inquiring his Reafon for doing fo, he 
told me, He had experienced, that, by throwing in a 
large Quantity of Liquid into his Mouth at once, his 
Faculty of Swallowing became more eafy : And that, 
whenever any Hindrance happened in the Performance, 
ir was not without Difficulty that he recovered himfelf. 
I defire I may no way be thought to depreciate 
the Efficacy of the Pulv. Antilyffus * and Cold-Bath ; 
for I believe them more generally fuccefsful than 
any other Means : Yet I think it clear in the above 
Cafe, that they were fo far from alleviating the Com- 
plaints, that they tended evidently to promote them 5 
the Patient never making ufe of the Cold-Bath, but 
his Head ach increafed “j-, and his feverifh Complaints 
grew more violent. 
As the contra Rabiem Powder now Bands in our 
Pharmacopoeia , it is compounded of two Drugs only. 
1 have endeavoured to difeover what Effed might be 
procured by the Liverwort ; but, upon trying ir, for 
Experiment’s fake, in feveral different Cafes, even in 
large Dofcs, I could never perceive the leaft Altera- 
tion either in the Pulfc, or Secretions. 
V. 
* Of Dampier , as alter’d by Dr. Mead. 
f Therefore, in my Thef. Inaug. Lugd. B. 1724.. I propofed the 
Uie of wartn Baths ; for by them Heat and Third: will be abated, 
and the Blood diluted, not render’d Prill more thick by Sweating, as 
is the Efifed of C old Baths. [See thefe Tranf. N°. 443, p. 319, and 
p. 360. C. M. 
