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taken away, that flie might take rhubarb or magne- 
fia to go through her, and then purfue the fame 
regimen with the hemlock, (he had followed before. 
For external application, I delired an ounce of 
common lead might be fcraped as thin as pofliblc, and 
infufed in two ounces of fallad oil, to be fhaken daily 
for two or three days ; when fettled, to moiften a 
linen rag with the oil, and apply it to the part j to 
renew the dreffing every day, and to fliake the bottle 
every time after they had ufed it, that the oil might 
be the better impregnated with the drying quality 
of the lead. 
That, if the pain encreafed, they might ufe the 
following cataplafm, viz. Green hemlock one ounce, 
boiled in a fmall quantity of milk till tender, and 
then thickened with linfeed meal, or oatmeal, and 
a little oil, and applied barely warm (over the other 
drefiing) once or twice in a day. 
In September, 1764, I faw her ; fhe complained 
that her pain was rather encreafed j and upon exa- 
mining her breafts, found the left (of which (he 
firfl complained) quite eafy : in the right breaft the 
nipple was drawn in, and the fchirrus of a purple 
colour, but the difeharge was very fmall. I advifed 
her to perfift in taking the hemlock, and purfuing 
the former regimen. 
In May, 1765, I was informed that her pains 
were fo much encreafed, that fhe was obliged to 
have recourfe to opiates : her breaft difeharged a 
great quantity of foetid matter, as is ufual in cancers 3 
and fhe ended a miferable life in September laft. 
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I hope. 
