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Opiates; and thefe I was obliged to ufe but feldom, 
becaufe of her Coftivenefs. The Stench of her 
Urine increafed, and now a purulent Matter dis- 
charged itfelf in great Quantity : I concluded fhe had 
an Ulcer in the Bladder: Mr. IVtfdom , a neighbour- 
ing Surgeon, palled a Catheter into the Bladder, and 
he perceived a Swelling juft above the Groin, in the 
Left Hypochondre , which was very hard : We advifed 
her to Patience and Reiignation, in hopes Nature 
might point out fome Method for her Relief; and 
gave her no more Medicines, but a foluble Ele&uary 
to procure her Stools, which file took every Night. 
After fome Time, the fetid purulent Matter ceafed 
from difeharging itfelf in the Urine, but came away 
through the Vagina, after the manner of the Whites. 
She was quite emaciated, and grown to a Skeleton, 
by continual Pain, and thofe Difcharges. In April 
1735. another Turn happened: That purulent fetid 
Matter, which difeharged itfelf at the Vagina , now 
came through the Afius ; fhe complained of a pro- 
digious Weight there, and about the Middle of June 
i 73 j. fhe had frequently very bloody Stools, and 
once a Difchargc of more than half a Pint of frefh 
Blood. On the 2d of July , having Occafion to go 
to the Clofe-ftool, as fhe fat there hard draining, but 
to no Purpofe, fhe thought fhe felt a hard Subftance 
ready for Expulfion, and lent for her Neighbours, 
who found a large Subftance hard and rugged, (fo 
much, that it tore one of the Womens Fingers, and 
made it bleed) in the lower Part of the Gut Reffium, 
clofc to the Sphincter Ani . Mr. JVifdom, the Sur- 
geon, was immediately called, who endeavoured to 
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