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great relu&ance, another dofe early in the morning. 
In lefs than three hours he was again taken very ill, 
with anxiety, a fenfe of trembling over the whole 
body, and as if prickling fparks were flying out every 
where. — When I came to him, he begged me to 
change this medicine, and faiditwas like to have killed 
him* Having heard all his complaints, I made the 
pills be put away, and promifed he fhould have no 
more of them: but his fear and averfion were fo 
great, that the moment I was gone he ordered the 
box to be taken out of the houfe and thrown 
quite away. 
ioth, Hepaffed this night tolerably, andfoundhim- 
felf much .better in the morning: but the complaints 
came by turns as before. 
From this till the 20th, I gave him fundry me- 
dicines, but with little more effedt than to eafe him 
now and then : for the complaints always returned 
again in different manners and at uncertain times : but 
nothing extraordinary happened. 
On the 20th, I gave him a dofe of Epfom fait, 
which he had been ufed to take : it purged very well j 
but, immediately on its leaving off to work, his body 
ftruck out with great numbers of fmall red fpots, 
without other inconvenience except a little extraordi- 
nary heat in the fkin. 
2 1 ft, The fpots were almoft gone, and he found 
himfelf more cool and eafy than before. 
2 2d, He took another dofe, and the fpots returned 
in the fame way more than the firft day : he found 
alfo the fame relief. After this he took more dofes 
of the fame fait, always intermitting a day or two. 
The fpots returned, but every time fewer appeared ; 
and at laft none appeared on taking thefe falts. 
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