Bo h legs and thighs then became very cedematous, 
and fubjedt to excoriate, difcharging a thin yellow 
ichor. 
The winter after breaking her leg, fhe had fym- 
ptoms of the fcurvy, and bled much at the gums. 
Many eminent phyficians, who were of opinion* 
that this difeale of the bones might arife from acidity 
abounding in the blood, prdcribed for her, but with- 
out effedt : unlefs the regularity of her menftruation 
for the laft eighteen months may be attributed to a 
chalybeate medicine : tho’ medicines of that nature 
had no fuch eftedt formerly, when flie was in a con- 
dition to take exercife, and regularly perfifted in die 
ule of them. 
For fome confiderable time paft die had found lit- 
tle alteration in her complaints in general ; thought 
her appetite and digeftion rather better, but that the 
difficulty of breathing, which fhe had long labour'd 
under, gradually increafed: and the thorax appeared 
fj much ftraiten d, as ncceflarily impeded the expan- 
lion of the lungs. Her fpine became much dis- 
torted : any motion of the vertebrae of her loins gave 
extreme pain ; and her thighs and legs were become 
Entirely ufelefs which wholly confined her to her 
bed, in a fitting pofture : and the bones fhe retted 
upon, having loft their Solidity, were much Spread. 
Alfo the ends of bier fingers and thumbs, by frequent 
endeavours to lift herfelf up for eafe, became very 
broad and fiat. Then lhe meafured but four feet j 
tho , before this difeale came upon her, (he was about 
five feet and a half high, and well-fhaped. 
This is the beft information that could be obtained 
from her own mouth, and what was obferved in the 
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