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Dr* scott on Adhmatic Fits * 
IX. Violent Aflhmatic Fits , occaftoned by the Effluvia of 
Ipecacuanha. j 5 y William Scott, AL D. of Stamford- 
ham, Northumberland. 
faculty in the year 1759, being then about twenty- fix 
years of age. She had been always remarkably healthy 
before that period, and quite free from all nervous or 
other complaints, except a trifling nervous head-ach that 
nfecl to aftebt her temples and forehead, fometimes for a 
night or fo, about the time of her menftruation. The 
firfl: year or two after marriage Aie enjoyed her ufual 
good health and fpirits in general ; but at times flie was 
afll idled with a very troublefome fliortnefs of breathing, 
attended with a remarkable ftri&ure about her throat and 
bread, and with a particular kind of wheezing noife. Thefe 
fits came on very fuddenly, and without any previous 
caufe that at firfl; could be afligned; and were often fo vio- 
lent as to threaten immediate fuffocation. The duration 
of them was uncertain, fometimes longer and fometimes 
Ihorter ; but in general they went off in two or three days, 
and commonly with a fpitting of a tough phlegm, which, 
flic laid, had adifagreeable metallic tafte. When thefe fits 
were off, fhe enjoyed her ufual good health and fpirits : had 
2 chil- 
li S. S. of Stamfordham, in Northumber- 
land, married a perlbn of the medical 
