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fhe melted lead. Upon this I ordered him to drink 
frequently of water-gruel or fome fuch draught 5 and 
returning to my own houfe, fent him the oily mix- 
ture, of which he took often two or three fpoonfuls. 
The next day he was much worfe, all the fymp- 
toms of his cafe being heightened, with a weak 
pulfe ; and he could now fcarce fwallow at all. 
The day following there was no change, except 
that, on account of his too great coftivenefs, he took 
lix drachms of manna diffolved in an ounce and half 
of infufton of fenna, which had no effeCt till the day 
following ; when juft as a clyfter was going to be 
adminiftered, he had a very fetid difcharge by ftool. 
That day he was better till night, when he grew 
very feverifh. 
The next day, having ftept well the preceding 
night, and thrown up by coughing a little matter, 
he was much better. 
He began now to fpeak with lefs difficulty, and 
for three or four days to recover gradually ; but then 
fuddenly grew worfe ; his pulfe being very weak : 
his fide, which grew worfe daily from the firft, now 
reddened a little and fwelled *, to which I applied the 
emplafter of gums. But all methods proved ineffectual, 
for the next day being feiz’d with cold fweats and 
fpafms in the tendons, he foon expired. 
Examining the body, and making an incifton 
thro’ the left abdomen, I found the diaphragmatic 
upper mouth of the ftomach greatly inflamed and 
ulcerated, and the tunica in the lower part of the 
ftomach burnt ; and from the great cavity of it took 
out a great piece of lead of the fhape and weight 
here deferibed. 
It 
