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ducing intenfe pain, fo that the flighteft 
preflure on the abdomen cannot be en- . 
dured. 
4. Swelling of the abdomen ; emacia- 
tion of the limbs, with frequent cramps, 
and pains of the joints, finally ferrling in 
the foles of the feet. 
are fucceeded by a degree of paralyfis, 
or, at leatt, an incapacity of moving the 
limbs with ang confiderable effect. 
5. Sallownefs of the complexion, with 
drynefs and (calinefs of the fkin. As the 
powers of circulation are more and more 
impaired, the red veffels difappear from 
the white of the eye, the fecretion’ of 
bile is imperfeétly performed, and the 
{mall hairs of the fkin fall off, leaving the 
furface, efpecially of the lower extre- 
mities, very fmooth and fhining. 
6. Jaundice; afcites; drupfical fwel- 
lings of the legs, with general redne{s or 
inflammation of the fkin, terminating in 
Blache fpots, and gangrenous ulcers. 
. A frequent recurrence of aphthous 
eareaae in the mouth, throat, &c. 
and an offenfive {meli of the breath, fimi- 
lay ‘to that of rotten apples. 
S. Hemorrhagy ; the intemperate ufe 
of fpi rits often occafions profule dif- 
charges of blood from the noftrils, fto- 
mach, bowels, kidneys, or bladder; and 
from the lungs, in perfons of a confump- 
tive nabit. Women of the fanguine rem- 
perament, who indulge to excels, often 
have the catamenia very profufely, long 
after the ufual period : in fome {pirir- 
drinkers, 1 have known them continue 
beyond the 6cth year of age. 
9. An entire change in the ftate of 
mind, At firft, tow {pirits, ftrange fen- 
fations, and groundilels fears, aleerdate 
with itedtiachle, and often boifter- 
ous mirth. A degree of fkupidity, and 
coma eae of ideas-fueceeds. The me- 
mory arid the faculties Seven e on it, 
being impaired, there takes place an in- 
difference towards ufual occupations, and 
accuftomed fociety or amufements. No 
Intercit is taken in the coacerns of others : 
no love, no fympathy remains. Even na- 
tural affection to neareft relatives is gra- 
dually extinguifhed : and the moral fenfe 
obliterated. The wretched victims of a 
| fatal poifon, fall, at length, into a ftate of 
fatuity, and die aoe the powers both of 
‘body and mind wholly exhaufted. = 
MontTHruy Mac. XXIy. 
Difeafes in London, in November. 
Thefe fymptoms . 
395 
after repeated fits of derangement, expire 
in a fudden and Violent phrenzy. Some 
are hurried out of the world by apo- 
plexies; others by the flower. procefs of 
jaundice, draopfy, aphthous ulcerations-of 
the alimentary canal, and gangrenous ul- 
cers of the extremities. 
The limits of a periodical work. will 
not admit of a more extended view of the 
dreadful effeéts produced by drinking fpi- 
rits; but I can, with pleafure, refer to 
two * publi cations * on the fubjeét, by ex- 
perienced phy ficians, whofe ftatements, if 
attended to, could not fail to deter the 
readers from a praétice fa injurious to 
individuals, and to fociety at large. 
The deaths recorded in the bills of 
mortality, for the laft four weeks, are 
as follows : 
Aged - - geoeitimaa to 
Apoplexy, and fuddenly - 14 
Bleeding - ie tsi ‘2 
Cancer - = = 7 
Chiid-bed - =~ = 15 
Con‘umption, Afthma, &c, - 318 
Convulfions - - - 2.74. 
. Croup - - = 2 
Dropfy - = - = ~ 61 
Fever Henne - = 96 
Fiftula = ’ = 2 
Gout = co - 6 
Gravel . -— = 2 
Ses - ~ I 
Hooping Cough - > 35 
Jaundice - > - 9 
Inflammation and Ulcers ~ ms 31 
Livergrown - = i 
Lunatic - = 19 
Meafles - - - = ~ 17 
Mortification ~ - 13 
Palfy - = = > 6 
Pleurify ap aT easter ie. 
Rupture - - x 
Small -Pex > 22 
Still-born and pivartiue - 44 
Stone - - - I 
Teething ee - 34 
Thrath- = ° 3 
Water in the Head - ~ R 
Worms - oe = z 

* Dr. Antiony Fothergili’s Eflay on the Abufe 
of Spirituous Liguc 1S: ‘De. Lettiom> on Hard 
Drinking ; fee alio Memoirs of the Medical So. 
ciety, vol 1 p. 152: JT cannoc here pals over 
the elegant auther of “* Scotland’s Saith,” whofe 
patriotiim deferves the warmeft thanks pf his 
countrymen. : 
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