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The second night passed nearly the same, without tension of 
the belly, the urine flowing through the wound, and some by the 
penis ; the third day he complained much of the tenderness of the 
abdomen, which was tense and painful, and peritonitis seemed 
rapidly to be taking place, which, however, was lessened and 
quieted by bleeding and fomentations, and he again became 
easy : this state continued for several days, but he complained 
much of the frequent returns of his former spasms, after each 
of which a small quantity of urine was evacuated. He was nou- 
rished with broths, jellies, &c. but would take nothing solid, 
not even bread in any form ; after the fifth day, he ate a few 
oysters, some fish, or chicken, drank occasionally of porter, 
and his health and strength were improving ; but though 
these favourable symptoms continued, with the abdomen soft 
and easy, so as to bear examination by the hand, and all in- 
flammatory action was subsided, yet the repeated spasms con- 
tinually broke his rest, and kept him in a constant state of 
irritation, obliging him to violent efforts in resisting them, and 
to get instantly on his knees, with his head low on the bed, 
to enable him to expel the urine ; and one spasm frequently 
succeeding before the former had well subsided, kept: his whole 
frame in continual agitation, to the greatest possible degree 
that nature could bear. All these sensations and occurrences 
were very similar to what he had experienced for several 
months before he left Scotland ; and it was then the opinion 
of Mr. Stewart, a medical gentleman who accompanied Sir 
Walter to England, that his complaints were increasing to 
such a degree, that it was scarcely possible for him to exist 
much longer. In his present situation, of course, such shocks 
and disturbances of the whole animal economy acted with 
