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eleCtrical ftrokes ; but after about 50 minutes, fhe 
faid they gave her pain in that hand, and in about 
ten minutes more her fingers began to tremble and 
open fo much, that we could cafily feparate them, and 
by degrees extend them all. After this the fhock 
was given to the palm of her hand, to each finger 
feparately, and to the thumb and wrift for about 
ten minutes longer, when the whole were become 
perfectly pliable and foft, and fhe could open and 
lhut the hand herfelf, without afliftance, and with- 
out pain; though fhe found herfelf unable to ufe 
thofe fingers very freely, they being very weak, as 
well as that wrifh We then rubbed the hand and 
wrift well with opodeldoc, and wrapt it up clofe in 
flannel, and recommended to her to repeat the rub- 
bing it frequently through that day, and continue 
her guaiacum as before. She remained very eafy and 
well all day, but at night her hand began to be more 
painful, and fhe exprelfed a great fear, left it fhould con- 
tract again, as fhe felt a creeping pain in all the in- 
fide of her arm. However, by repeated friction with 
the flefh-brufh and opodeldoc, this went off, and 
next morirng fhe had no complaint in her arm 
or elfewhere. She was again electrified this fecond 
day about the hand, which remained open and pli- 
able enough, and the operation was repeated every 
day for a week after, (tho' the contraction never re- 
turned again) till the fhock began to be o painful, 
that flie defired to be excufed from it any more, and, 
as fhe feemed quite well, lh was difeharged as cured 
from the infirmary on January the thirty- firft. 
As die was a working fervant to a fam.ly in the 
country, fhe returned to her buiinefs with the fame 
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