C 571 ] 
II. John Graham, bookbinder, in Edinburgh, aged 
37, of a thin habit of body, formerly fubjedt to 
coughs, and thought to be in danger of a phthijis 
pulmonalis , having expofed himfelf unwarily to cold 
in the night time, was, about the end of January 
1756, feized with a bad cough and feverifhnefs ; for 
which he was blooded, and had a diaphoretic julep, 
a pedtoral decodtion, and a mixture with gum. am - 
moniacum and acetum fcilliticum, given him by Mr. 
James RufTell, furgeon-apothecary in this place. On 
the 1 2 th of February, after he had been ill above a 
fortnight, I was defired to vifit him. He feemed to 
be a good deal emaciated ; his eyes were hollow, 
and cheeks fallen in : he was almoft conftantly in a 
fweat$ coughed frequently, and fpit up a great 
quantity of tough phlegm, fomewhat refembling^rr 
his pulfe beat from 1 1 2 to 1 1 6 times in a minute. 
In this condition I ordered immediately a blifter to 
be applied between his Ihoulders, which leffened in 
fome degree his cough and fpitting, as well as the fre- 
quency of his pulfe ; but the bliftered part no fooner 
began to heal, than he became as ill as before, and 
continued in this bad way nine or ten days, gradually 
wafting, with continued fweats, and a great fpitting 
of a thick mucus. During this time he ufed tinttura 
rofarum , and the mixture with gum. amnion, and acet. 
fiillit. without any fenfible benefit, and had fix ounces 
of blood taken away, which was very watery, and 
the crajjamentum was of a lax texture. *In this almoft 
defperate condition, another blifter, larger than the 
former, was put between his fhoulders, which re- 
markably leffened his cough and fpitting, and in two 
or three days reduced his pulfe to p6 ftrokes in a 
4 D 2 minute. 
