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of a delicate conflitution, yet die enjoyed tolerable 
health, having never had any dangerous illnefs before 
her marriage. She was brought to-bed in 1747, in 
the month of September, and for the firfl time com- 
plained of great weaknefs in the fmall of her back, 
loins, and thighs, and could fcarce walk. 
A fecond lying-in, a year after, removed her com- 
plaints for about lix weeks ; after which they re- 
turned. In the year 1 74^, being two months and 
a half with child, fhe was unaccountably fcized with 
a lofs of blood ; upon which fhe mifcarried. 
'Two months after, fhe fell accidentally upon her 
left fide; which gave her great pain in the leg, 
thigh, and hip of that fide, and made them fwell : 
but there was neither fradture or diflocation. 
Her pains in fome time abated; but the weaknefs 
of her limbs continued. She was foon after with 
child, and, in the beginning of her pregnancy, had 
a fecond fall; which revived her former pains-, and 
caufed new ones all over her body, and a fwelling, as 
before. This confined her to her bed, yet her preg- 
nancy went on very well, and terminated as happily ; 
by which the fwelling went off; but her limbs were 
fo weak, that fhe could not bear upon her feet. 
She then fell into the hands of quacks, who gave 
nothing worth mentioning, that I could hear of. 
About a year fince fhe was blooded on the hand 
twice, took a courfe of baths in the decodtion of the 
afhes of vine-twigs, had different pultices applied to 
her, and embrocations of oils and balfams, which 
enabled her to walk by the help of crutches. 
In about fix months after child-birth, her pains 
returned more violent than before ; and about the 
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