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could fuggeft for her relief. While worms or foul 
bowels could be fufpeded to have occafioned this 
illnefs, as her ftools were at firft very offenfive, and 
fhe had voided two worms, vermifuges of the mod 
celebrated kind, linfeed oil both by the mouth and 
by clyfters, and fucli other medicines as tend both 
to carry off or dedroy the worms, and cleanfe the 
bowels, were adiduoufly adminidered. But no re- 
lief arifing from thefe, bleeding with leaches at the 
temples, when her fever ran high, bliders behind 
the ears, round the neck, upon the head, and in 
various parts of her body, were from time to time 
applied, as the diforder feemed to indicate. Nor 
during this time were antifpafmodic remedies of va- 
rious kinds omitted, and that in very liberal dofes. 
Among thefe, as in feveral cafes of locked jaws, re- 
lated by authors of undoubted credit, opiates had been 
found to have been attended with great fuccefs, 
Tindura Thebaica was copioufly given. So that, 
between the 12th of July and the end of the month, 
more than nine hundred drops of that tindure were 
taken: A large quantity for fo young a perfon ! This 
we fometimes thought had a good effed, as the jaw 
was at times fomewhat loofened ; but this advantage 
was temporary, and the ftridure foon returned as 
fevere as before. 
Though this medicine, given in large dofes, did 
not affed her head, but only gave her quiet nights, 
yet it was occafionally obliged to be fufpended ; as her 
pulfe was at times much funk, and her l'weats cold 
and clammy. Volatile liniments were liberally ufed 
to the rigid parts, and warm bathing was continued 
for many weeks, with much fridion, while in the 
warm water. 
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