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all adhere to the peCtoral mufcle ; her appetite was 
good, and {he was able to do her bufinefs as ufual, 
and had that day I faw her been brewing : {he {aid 
{he fometimes felt fome of thofe {tabbing pains 
{he before complained of, but they were not fre- 
quent nor very fevere. 
The beginning of this November I had a farther 
account of her from Sir Thomas Ryder, who lives 
in that neighbourhood, and whom I defired to be 
fo kind as to inform me of her prefent hate of 
health : he with his ufual benevolence (than whom 
no man hath more) fent for the woman, and had 
the following account from herfelf ; 
That the lump in her bread:, which die expect- 
ed would break, is not half fo big as it was, and 
continued decreadng ; that the hath great fpirits ; 
and, from being one of the molt miferable of the 
human fpecies, lhe now enjoys eafe and happinefs, 
and can, without any great pain, do all her ufual 
bufinefs, as wafhing, brewing, baking, and nee- 
dle-work, except fpinning, that motion {till giving 
her great pain : {he continues to take half a drachm 
of dry hemlock twice in a day, but takes the green, 
when lhe can get it, in larger quantities. Sir Tho- 
mas adds, that lhe looks very well for a woman of 
her age. 
. From the happy fuccefs of the hemlock in this 
inftance, it were to be wilhed it might be tried in 
fome other fimilar cafe, and that the weight of the 
plant taken in one day (whether green or dry) 
might be particularly afeertained, which was too 
often in this cafe taken by guefsj and as the ex*- 
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