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the Aliment in Digeftion ; for want of which it was 
fo fubjeCt to Irritation, that fcarce any thing would 
flay upon it. The Matter voided by Stool was un- 
doubtedly formed in the Stomach, becaufe he never 
complained of confiderable Pain in any other Part ; be- 
lides, had it been from an Abfcefs in the Inteftines, or 
any other of the Vifcera , the Seat of it would in a i 
Likelihood have been apparent. The Loofenefs, which 
in the latter Pm of his Illnefs, always attended him 
when the Vomiting ceafed, plainly (hews, that the 
Stomach had at that time acquired a great if not its 
greateft Degree of Contra&ion ; for which Reafon, 
as it could contain but little, any Quantity of Food 
muft, if not thrown up, go immediately downwards. 
The going off of the Pain i'ome Weeks before his 
Death, was owing to the Senfibility of the Coats of 
the Stomach being in a great meafure, or quite de- 
ftroyed. The bilious Dejections, that frequently at- 
tended him, may be aferibed to Want of Digeftion 5 
which, as little or no Chyle was fent into the 
denum , rendered the Bile ufelefs. The Confe* 
quence of this was a Non-fecretion of that Humour, 
an Accumulation of it in the Liver, or Gall-bladder; 
its being reconveyed into the Blood; or its going 
off by Stool. If the firft or third had been the 
Cafe, it would have fhown itfelf in a Jaundice; if 
the fecond, there would have been an Abfcefs in 
the Liver or Gall-bladder; fothat of courfe it muft 
run off by Stool. Spirituous Liquors might help to 
bring on this Contraction, Ineiaflicity, and Inien- 
fibiliry of the Stomach: But it feems pretty clear 
that they were not the foie Caufe ; elfe immoderate 
Drinkers of them would generally be affeCkd in the 
fame Manner. 
XU. 
