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made ufe of two punCtures, according to Dr. Hales’s 
method, as recommended in the T ranfaftions , N°. 47 8 , 
and claret and tar- water for the injection; which was 
conveyed into the abdomen thro’ one canula, whilft 
the dropiical lymph paffed off thro’ the other. A 
few hours after, fhe complained o£ much pain in her 
bowels, and on drawing off the whole contents at 
once, the fell into a fyncope, in which fhe remained 
till about twelve o’clock of the next day, when die 
died. It may not be amifs to mention, that her 
breath was immediately affeCted by the tar- water, 
and the fmell of it continued to her death. 
The third inftance being fomewhat lingular, I 
beg leave to relate it in all its particulars. In March, 
1752, I was called to Fluihing(a fmall town oppo- 
fite Fa Imouth) to attend the tapping a poor woman, 
who was about forty years of age, and laboured, as 
was imagined, under an afcitical droply, occalioned 
by a luppreffion of her menfes, that happened about 
twelve months before. She had been told of my fuc- 
cel's with Jane Roman, and defired my adiftance, toge- 
ther with Mr. Rice, Mr. Cudlip, and Mr. Lillicrap,of 
the fame profeffion. She was a married woman, of 
a chearful temper, had never had a child, and, to 
all appearance, was a proper fubjeCt for the opera- 
tion, fire being never thirfty, and her extreme parts 
being of the natural fize : the abdomen was likewife 
evenly and equally diftended, and of a great magni- 
tude ; but the fluctuation was not altogether fo ma- 
nifeft as might have been expeCted. From thefe 
circumftances we made no difficulty to refolve on 
the operation, and determined to try, at the fame 
time, the efficacy of a fubaftringent injection. A 
fuffi- 
