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thing, that could be thought proper, to'eafe the gripe- 
ings, and give a free paffage : but nothing took ef- 
fect for feven days together. 
On the eighth he began to break wind, retain the 
clyfters, diicharge fome little faces, and to deep, 
tho’ not quietly 3 and, on the ninth, to make turbid 
urine. But thefe promidng appearances were but of 
jfhort duration 3 for, on the eleventh, his belly was 
fo bloated, that he feern’d tympanitic 5 and an acute 
pain, which he had in the hypogaftric region, darted 
up towards the midriff on the right iide : and now 
the mucus of the intedines came away with the clyf- 
ters. He had bad fweats, and made foul urine, 
without fediment. 
On the 1 5th a confultation was held 3 and, as his 
third: and fever were abated, and the medicines hi- 
therto preferibed for opening a paffage, and taking 
down the dwelling of the belly, which feemed ready 
to burft, had proved ineffectual, it was agreed to make 
him fwallow fix ounces of crude quickhlver, with 
oil of fweet almonds, and fyrup of violets 3 and, loon 
after, to throw in feveral purging clyfters. 
In nine hours a paffage was opened, and he voided 
much black liquid excrement, without the leaft grain 
of quickfilver, tho’ very carefully fought for. A lit- 
tle after that, he vomited much 3 and, in what he 
threw up, there plainly appear’d excrements, and 
globules of mercury. This was foon follow'd by 
thirft, a little flow fever, very troublefome gripings, 
no fleep, red high-colour’d thick urine, in very final] 
quantities, breaking of wind without any eafe, vomit- 
ing of every thing he took, great weaknefs, and par- 
