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that morning, I found him very delirious ; but, to 
my great furprife, quite free from all kind of fever 
whatever ; his pulfe being then as calm as it had 
been the preceding day. In this condition he re- 
mained ail that day, and the following night; nothing, 
that was attempted to relieve him, having done him 
the lead: fervice : on the contrary, his delirium in- 
creafed fo much, as to make it very difficult for the 
attendants to keep him in bed. The next morning 
he was much as he had been the day before ; his 
Imagination continuing greatly difturbed, and he at 
times laughing, and playing antic tricks, and uling 
geftures the mod; oppodte to his common demeanour 
when well ; and which, tho’ the pulfe had not been 
fo perfectly quiet, had more the appearance of a 
mania , than of the delirium of a fever. In this un- 
happy fituation, there was but one thing, which 
feemed likely to bring the affair to a fpeedy deter- 
mination : this it w'as proper to attempt, tho’ the 
indications for it were very oblcure, and the event 
perfectly uncertain. On recollecting the time of this 
delirium’s coming on, which was about 36 hours 
after the pulfe had grown quiet ; and perceiving, that 
one glafs of the water, which had been made in the 
night, was thick, and feemed difpofed to drop a fedi- 
ment ; there was fome reafon to fufpedt, and indeed 
to hope, that tho’ the pulfe had been perfectly calm 
during the whole time of the delirium, there was 
fomething of the fever dill at the bottom of this 
complaint. From thele indications, obfeure as they 
were, it was judged proper to make a trial of the 
bark ; which was accordingly ordered to be taken 
immediately, and to be repeated every two hours. 
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