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He was evidently relieved by the evacuation ; was calmer 
and more compofed ; his pulfe was rather more up, and 
his fkin warmer. He faid, he found himfelf lithefomer ; 
that he was not fo tight, and thought he breathed with 
more freedom. When I came to loofen the bandage, 
I was greatly furprized to find it daubed all over with the 
difcharge ; but, as foon as the drefling was removed, 
there was no evidence wanting to allure me, that this 
difcharge was in part foe cal, not only from the colour and 
fmell of it, but like wife from the fharp pain it had occa- 
lioned in palling through the wound. My hopes of his 
recovery now began to fail me; however, I relolved to 
perfevere, and a£t as though I was fure ol fuccefs. After 
drefling, he was ordered to take the anodyne draught, 
and to begin again the manna draughts with oil early in 
the morning. 
29th, Before I came to vilit him, he had had another 
motion ; and the nurfe informed me, that his night had 
been better than any of the preceding ones, he having 
llept, at different times, full three hours. His pulfe was 
fironger, but remitting, and his fkin inclining to perfpire. 
The tongue was foul, and the water clear and pretty high- 
coloured. In the ftool, which had come off this morn- 
ing, I did not find any blood, or in any he had after- 
wards during the time of his confinement. The wound 
had difcharged a great deal, and was more inflamed ; 
and the edges of it looked thick and ill-natured, and 
were ready to feparate from each other. The tenfion of 
the belly fiill kept up, though I did not perceive, that it 
