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culty of refpiration ; he not having been able to lie 
down in bed for fome time, more efpecially on his 
right fide. 
1 o relieve him, I ordered at intervals blifters to 
his legs and fide, which, though they difcharged 
liberally, did fcarce help his refpiration. I likewife 
during about ten days, that I faw him, directed fo- 
lulions of the foetid gums, volatiles, Conf. V)a?nocratis 
cumVmo Antimon. Vinegar of fquills, volatile oily mix- 
tures, and other antifpafmodics and attenuants with 
plentiful dilution. The Conj'eSt, Damocratis cum Vino 
Antimoniali at firft much relieved him, and he was 
enabled to lie down in his bed; but this relief was 
temporary. 
He generally grew hot, and more uneafy towards 
evening; and one night, during my attending him, he 
was feized with a violent pain in his right fide. For 
this he loft feven ounces of blood, which, though it 
fomewhat funk him, very much abated the violence 
of his pain. 
Frequently likewife in the night, notwithftanding 
that the feafon was cold, he, on account of the diffi- 
culty of his refpiration, ordered and infifted upon the 
windows of his chamber being opened, to gratify 
himfelf with yet cooler air than that of his cham- 
ber. 
Two or three days before he died, his refpiration 
was extieamly laborious; he fweated profufely ; and 
hisftrength growing lefs and lefs, he expired without 
the leaft convulfion. 
Several days before his death, he took large dofes 
of Vinegar of fquills four or five times a day. This, 
though it did not in the leaft offend his ftomach, did 
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