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<c the Patient, contrary to his Expectations, was 
“ cured in fix Weeks.” 
But rhe following Obfervatiori from Forestus 
comes the neareft to our Cafe “ *P uella quindecim an - 
“ norum, per biennium fere cum de dolor e f uentriculi 
“ conquer er etur , anno tertio tumorem manifejle vide- 
“ runt parent es, in eo loco 5 neque tunc quicquam 
c< confilii aut remedu tent at urn. Hinc ruptionem 
“ animadverteVunt, excrevitqne puella materiam , 
“ biliofam , pituitofam, ac jam of am, per ahum : ex i 
“ his apoflema apparuit,*’ &c. (6). 
“ Luetus (7) relates feveral Inftances of Perfons 
“> who have lived a long while without Food, but J 
“ then they could admit of Liquids'; andthe young ' 
“ Lady which Monficur Littre (8) nourifhed wirh 
“ Broth-glyjters , in which a Yolk or two of Eggs, 
<f atld fometimes a Glafs of Wine, were mixt, could 
“ alfo keep Water in her Stomach , tho’ no other 
£t Fluid.” An Advantage which our Patient was 
deprived of. 
From what I have related it appears, that our young 
Lady had an Abfcefs in her Stomach, which gradually 
ripened, and then broke, fuppurated, digefted, and 
cicatrized, as all other Abfceffes do ; and that during 
this time, which was near three Months, fhe was 
almoft all the while nourifhed folely by th s. Mutton- 
Broth Glyfters . 
III. Ac - 
(6) Foreflus Obferv. 33. de ventricul. ulcer. 
(7) Luetus de his qui diu vivunc fine alimento. 
(8; Mem. del’Academ. des Sciences. Ann. 1715. p. 183. 
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