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tions, of which we fhall mention a few. 
Blows on the head, exceflive fear, violent 
fits of paffion, have frequently cured dan¬ 
gerous and obftinate fevers. The great 
Fabius (fays Van Swieten) being fent 
againft the Allobroges, and the inhabitants 
of Auvergne, was freed from a quartan 
ague by his attention to the fword. 
Vicq d’Azyr relates a fa<S which is not 
foreign to the fubjedt. An ox attacked by 
the epizootic, which exifted in France in 
the years 1774-5, was led to the fide of 
the ditch in which it was intended to 
bury him, after having difpatched him by 
a blow on the head. The operator being 
an aukward fellow, ftruck him obliquely 
upon the fide of the cranium j the animal 
became furious, broke the rope with 
which he was fattened, and efcaped im¬ 
mediate death, by flying into a neighbour¬ 
ing foreft, where he was feen fome days 
after. The doctor does not fay whether 
this 
