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in her laft ficknefs was mere putrid difTolved. 
gore. 
To this account Dr. Lavington fubjoincd the 'fol- 
lowing queries. 
Whether or no, a fcorbutic ftate of ‘the animal 
juices may not be produced by fait water, as well as 
by fait provifions ; efpecially if, as in the prefent 
cafe, it doth not pafs of¥ freely by the ufual evacu- 
ations, which often happens when drank for a con- 
fiderable time, and the body is accuftomed to it ? 
Whether the thin tender delicate fibre is not a 
morbid difpofition, fomewhat different from the too 
vifcid or too lax ? and whether to fuch a conftitution, 
attended with a loofe texture of the blood, or a 
hedlic habit, a fait water courfe may not be likely 
to increafe the acrimony of the blood, rupture the 
veffels, and bring on a dangerous hsemorrhage ? And 
whether, even to flmmous patients thus circum- 
flanced, the Cortex Peruvianus is not more adapted ? 
To which Dr. Huxham replied nearly as follows : 
“ Jn many cafes I have known very good effedls 
“ from a courfe of fea water, when drank in pretty 
Jarge quantities, and long continued; but it was 
when it purged gently, and now and then puked 
“ fomewhat. With the thin, tender, and hedtical, it 
feldom agrees. The grofs, heavy, and phlegma- 
“ tic, commonly bear it with advantage. I have 
“ known it bring on colical pains, diarrhcea, dyfen- 
“ tery, and bloody fiools, cough, hedtical heats, 
“ wafting of the flefh, and an haemoptoe. It ge- 
*' nerally renders the body liable to very great con- 
“ ftipation, after it hath been drank for a confiderable 
“ time.” 
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