Dr. scott on AJlhmatic Fits. 17 1 
a little inflamed. After die got up, flie became eafier 
towards the afternoon, and it was then fuppofed it would 
go off. Dr. brown, an eminent phyflcian of NewcaftJe 
upon Tyne, happening to be in the neighbourhood, 
called upon Mrs. S.; and being told what had happened, 
laid he had known a cafe, pretty much limilar, from the 
fame caul'e; and hoped, as fhe then feemed better, it 
would loon go off; recommended to her riding out as 
foon flie was able, and to be kept open. Towards bed- 
time the fame evening (June 4th) the difficulty of 
breathing returned, and fhe was again exceedingly ill all 
night ; had flannel cloths wrung out of warm water ap- 
plied to her feet, bread:, and throat, with little or no ad- 
vantage; was blooded again about four o’clock next 
morning (June 5th), and had alio a blifter applied to the 
back part of her neck, ftill continuing to take now and 
then a fpoonful of the oil of almonds. She again fell 
into fome fleep about nine in the morning, and conti- 
nued in bed till betwixt eleven and twelve : got up, and 
was again a little eafier during the day ; but at night was 
as bad as ever. And the fame feene was continued for 
eight days and nights lucceffively ; that is, flie was ge- 
nerally a little eafier from about eleven o’clock of the 
forenoon, although ftill far from well, till towards ten 
or eleven at night, when the fhortnefs of breathing al- 
ways returned very violently. Hoivever, after eight 
days flie began to get better reft at nights ; the afthma- 
tic. fits were neither fo long nor fo violent ; and in about 
fourteen days from the accident were almoft entirely 
Z 2 gone 
