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oppreflion at her breaft, attended with a flight pain 
in her fide, and at the fame time complained of a 
forenefs in her jaws, and a little difficulty in fvval- 
lowing ; as I then took it to be only a common cold, 
fhe had fourteen ounces of blood drawn off, and fome 
nitrous medicines fent her. Upon vilitihg her the 
next morning, I found her relieved as to her breaft and 
fide, but her jaw was fixed, and almoff clofed, with 
a very great difficulty of fwallowing. Upon a further 
enquiry, and fhoit reflexions, I was foon convinced, 
file had, that terrible fymptom, a locked jaw. As 
this diforder is more frequently the confequence of ex- 
ternal injuries than from internal caufes, I enquired 
whether fhe had any kind of wound, or cut ; and 
was told, that about eight days before a rufly nail 
had run into the bottom of her foot j and though the 
wound was painful for two or three days, yet it was 
cured by their own applications, and had been well 
four days before flie was taken with the above com- 
plaints. 
I therefore examined the foot, and found it quite 
whole, though upon prefling the tendons of the foot 
file expreffed a little uneafinefs, I now endeavoured 
to relieve this terrible malady ; as the blood drawn the 
preceding day, was of a firm texture, and her pulfe 
full and tenfe, I took away fourteen ounces, which 
proved fizy j and having procured fome flools, gave 
her an anodyne of forty drops of T.Thebaica, in a very 
fmall vehicle, which fhe fwallowed with great diffi- 
culty. I then applied a large blifler to her back, but 
without any relief. Soon after fhe was feized with 
frequent convulfions, which for the time deprived her 
of her fenfes j and tho’ in the intervals they were quite 
perfect, 
