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ffances, the fever was protracted to the 
unufual length of feven weeks. After 
the firft two weeks, during which time 
the fymptoms were gradually aggravated; 
they continued itationary for nearly three 
weeks, and afforded a hope that the dif- 
eafe was proceeding to a favourable ter- 
Fnination. After this, however, the 
fymptoms again returned with fuch vio- 
lence as to threaten a {péedy diffolution. 
The pulfe became fo quick, fo feeble and 
_mdiftin& as to render it difficult to cal- 
culate the number of its ftrokes. Feetid 
fools were difcharged, and thefe fome- 
times came away without the patient be- 
tag conicious of it, The delirium in- 
creafed, _fwhfultus tendinum commenced, 
and every thing feemed to prognofticate 
afataltermination. Blifters had already 
been applied for the relief of different 
organs which had been effected in the 
: : i Pee Maertay Abfcefs = ae | . 3 
courfe of the difeafe: but in this ftateof Ahbortive ie aH : 
éxtreme debility, it was judged proper Aged _ i i g 89 
ta apply. them to the extremities; and Azgue teen Z 5 I 
they were accordingly applied, firlt. to, Apoplexy - - - 6 
the upper and. alterwards to the lower A/thma - - - 50 
extremitics ; and the ufe «cf them was Brain Fever - =. z 
happily fucceeded_ by forme abatement in aot F P 6 
the quicknels of the pulle and the /ud/id- Cle ped a “lc: 058 
dus tendinum. In this cafe a full dofe of Confumption E rt - 396 
: Loaner pes Patan dpe . “ Convulfions - ~, (120% 
opium, adminitered in the evening with G... 7 2 ‘ 
@-view.to abate reftlefineis and anxiety eshte € S ; H “9 
and to procure fleep, did not fucceed, but. By) ” pnb af ig ; 
the fame quantity in‘divided dofes, com-. Fever ~~ c Bi ayy 
bined with camphor and valerian, hada French Pox < é 4 
much better effect. After a long ftrug- Gout ~ a e g 
gle, and in the courfe of the eighth week Hooping Cough - fake 21 
from the commencement of the difeafe, Jaundice  - © : - ea 
the fymptoms gradually abated, and the Inflammation - et oie 
patient is now ina ftate of convalefcence. Liver-grown “bin = By 
At the clofe of the laft month feveral Lunatic : 3 =} Fon 
afes of heemoptoe occurred, in which the aloe es . 3 3 
eee: 4 abies Mortification = = 12 
repeated ufe of the lancet, the application pij¢ G f ; 
of leeches and blifters, the ule of anti- Pleurify é x 3 
monial remedies, and a flender diet happily Rupture 3 a f : 
fucceeded in the recovery of the patient. ~ Small Pox f «22 aoe 5 
In one of thefe cafes a hard cough, Still-born & J g 46 
quicknefs of the pulfe, and aconfiderable Suddenly - = t I2 
heat of the -{kin, continuing for fome Teeth - = - 27 
time, afforded but an unfavourable prog- Throfh = = - 6 
noftic refpeciing the termination of the Water in the Head _ . 3 
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Difeafes.... Public Affairs. 
difeafe: but thefe fymptoms yielded at 
laf to a fteady perfeverance in the ufe of 
the means juft mentioned. In fome in- 
ftances, the difficulty of prevailing on 2 
patient to fubmit to that diet and recimen, 
which is of principal confequence in this 
difeafe, forms a material impediment to 
the cure. The debility induced by the 
lots of blood, ‘and the various means em- 
ployed, is confidered by the patient as 
a fufficient apology for taking in fome 
cordiat diet, and thus the circulation is 
increafed in f{pite of every effort of the 
medical practitioner to diminifh it, a frefh 
hemorrhage is produced, and a foundation 
laid for the moft fatal fymptoms, which 
{coner or later occur as the ¢onfequence of 
this imprudence.. 
The Deaths in the Bills of Mortality for 
the laft four weeks, are ftated as follow: 
CCN TE ORO PUBLIC ARF AMES 
| In April, 1798. , 
‘ GREAT BRITAIN, ~ 
WF agers of original matter in our laft 
Number, obliged us to poftpone the 
principal part of the retrofpect of public 
affairs till'this month; therefore a fketch 
of thofe, of both March and-April, will 
be given in the prefent accounts 
During feveral days in the month of 
March, the attention of the Privy 
Council was paid to the inveltigation of a 
treafonable correfpondence, faid to have 
been carried on between fome perfons in 
this country and France. After feveral 
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