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ordered him once and again, Eight or Ten Grains of 
Turbith mineral , which fcarce puked him, and gave 
him only Two or Three Stools. — I now found, 
indeed, that Mercury and he, as well as Venus , had 
been old Acquaintance j io 1 greatly augmented the 
Dofe of the Mercurials, ordering immenfe Quan- 
tities of thin watery Diluents : Notwithftanding this, 
there was very little Operation by Stool, and fcarce 
any by Salivation. Though his Gums and Fauces 
were very fore and fwoln, he fcarce fpit One Pint 
in 24 Hours, and that exceffively tough and fetid. 
Even under this ftrong Mercurial Courfe, the puftular 
and leprous Eruptions increafcd daily, fo as to cover 
almoft his whole Body, nay his very Face. His Hands 
and Feet were vaftly fwoln, as in an Elephantiafis , 
with horrid Fiflures, from whence iflued a very {link- 
ing ichorofe Matter. 
I was quite confounded at this dreadful Face of 
Things, and ferioufly bethought me what further 
Method could be taken againft fo terrible an Enemy. 
1 had recourfe to a warm emollient Bath, in which 
his whole Body was immerged; after which he was 
well anointed with a ftrong Mercurial Ointment. 
This was done for Three Days fucceftively : Nor- 
withftanding which, though his Chaps grew exceed- 
ing fore, and hisThroatfo much inflamed and pained, 
that he fwallowed with extreme Difficulty what he 
fucked through a Pipe or Quill, yet the Spitting was 
very little increafcd, and as tough as ever : Nor did 
the fiftulous Ulcers feem in the leaft difpofed to heal 
up, but vented a vaft Deal of (linking, oily, famous 
Matter j nay, even new ones broke out under each 
Axilla , and a very large Fhyma role on the Coccyx , 
S f f f which 
