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His Phyficians then advifed him to bathe the 
affefted Limb only ; upon which they returned again, 
and with fuch Violence, that the farther Ufe of the 
Waters was thought highly improper, and he left 
them off. 
During this time the Sight of his Left Eye grew 
dim, which Dimnefs increafed gradually for fome 
little time, till he became quite blind of that Eye; 
the Bulb of it being conilderably inlarged, and thruft 
forward out of the Orbit. 
For the mod part of the Time he had been at Bath , 
he had generally been very coftive; and, upon leaving 
off the Water, had no Stool for fome Days ; for 
which Reafon a common Clyftcr was given, and 
produced fo profufe a Difcharge of ferous Matter, and 
continued for fo many Hours, (alrooft inceffantly) 
that he was reduced as low as poflible. 
For lome time pad, feveral fmall Tumours had 
appeared in different Parts of him, viz. Five or Six 
on his Head, Two or Three in his Back, and one in 
the Neck, all lying juft under the Skin, and fenfibly 
increafing every Day, till they came to a conftderable 
Size. 
^December the 2& 1739. he returned to London. 
His chief Complaints now were an exceflive Lan- 
guor, an Inability to move his Right Hip (and when 
moved by another Perfon, a very acute Pain in it) ; 
an Incapacity of flccping when in Bed, and an intenfe 
Thirft in the Night, with a quick hard Pulfe. 
He now took the Advice of Dr. Hartley and Dr. 
Shaw, who prcfcribed him the Cinnabar of Anti- 
mony Three times a Day, to drink the Setters Wa- 
fer, and keep to a cooling Regimen; and allowed 
him 
