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larger witfi Pain in it, Pill increafing in proper- 
tion^ as the VdTels emptied in the Salivation were 
rcplenifhcd. The oedematous Swelling about the 
Tumour was alfo more phlegmonous, and Matter 
was forming there on the Bone, which, it was appre- 
hended, was a Spina ventofa : I therefore infilled 
upon the Laying of that open : But, whilftfhe was pre- 
paring for her Removal to Town, this Tumour 
intircly difappeared upon the Appearance of a Diar - 
rhoea , that funk her too fad to admit either of her 
Removal, or any Operation. This followed her to 
her Death. During the two iaft Days of her Life, 
fhe was in a conftant c Delirium> and univerfai Con- 
valfions. 
The Patient dying thus in the Country the 25th 
of September Iaft, I was not acquainted with thefe 
latter Accidents till after her Burial ; and therefore 
milled the Opportunity of differing the Body, which 
perhaps might have given fome additional Light to 
this Cafe : But, from fo much as has been reported 
of it, I think it may be inferred, 
1. That if a fcorbutic Humour occafioned the 
Complaints in this Cafe, as there is Reafon to be- 
lieve it did, from the Veracity and Charader of the 
Patient 5 and thofe Symptoms being wanted that 
ufually appear in the Lues Venerea s yet it mull be 
confelTed the AfFedion in the Bones yielding to a 
Mercurial Salivation, as thefe did, and the Return 
of Complaints upon the Reflux of the Matter extra- 
vafated, contaminating and tainting the Blood with a 
new Ferment, or the fame as before the Flux, 
may ground a flrong Sufpicion, that thofe in our 
Patient proceeded from fome Venereal Taint. 
2. 
