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«iould M M M M without the ‘tifefeeSSity *>f'aify
‘ other information relative**, the patiedt. After h M l
‘ ‘examination of thetblaVs pulsés, they ktfd * early Yte-
p i that the B i i l i i M M g M
E a malignant vapour o f spirit Which h & înfusêfrîteel
‘ into, or was'ptetatëd'iù; his flesh ,%bifch'shifedTróm
‘ plate B y M y B M M M B B S W M
‘ which* it fixed itself.
of the nature and cause of the Xiset§?NfeB methoc|_
‘f; cure was to expel the-vapour or spirit immediately;
«.aid this was to be effecte&by 'ope^rfg^Ws'age^för its
S escape, directly through the parts j jP f i j j The^hpe-
“ ration had been frequently performed, and many deep
“ piinêturë^made with gbld and sihrerm^edte^hteh
“ two metals only are admissible'fofftte g g g g with
“ exquisitepain to the patient. Still, g j g j 'the dis'
1 ease continued i t s usual course; but this-fmrn theau-
1 tfiority and his p u t e r wax entirely
“ owing to the obstinacy of the’ vapour, whlch^ther
‘f remained in part in % body, in spite df e ^ e f t o r t
“ u> dislodge it, or was generated in fresh quantities- in
“ o t h e r parts, after having been expelled from the >seat it
^ had at first occupied. In their treatment of this dispr-
“ der, the physicians had exhaüsted all their skillto»no
“ purpose. The original c om p la in ts still continued to
recur; and were how more'vioiCnt than at any former
.“ period. The faculty had proposed the same method ol
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* treatment for the pain aifd swei'liiifebf the lower part-
| of the* ^bdofnen,-which They JCB,nsihered''''iri''the same court'
c 1 ig’hgaStt-fte* lifFefttibii^Se*‘jdinfe ; and a*s arpait'bf' the
‘ same-disease. But ’ this* The' CM'ad5/ -'app re hen si vC of
‘Thjury fd^bme^e^Senria’fp ’^rt^^duM^HbE bo persuaded
‘To submit foTand^fery'fortu’natdit'Va’s for hinvth&die
e^brtrimied^obstiriate onUhifi head*;’ i
| i‘ r 11 - was^ undferi th^eyh!ic6rn'stances; Yrraf- thev€lb!lao
‘^was'-ddsirouS -to haYfe' the.'ieUtimerits of an English
‘ physician omhis 'case'. After the first*derembnle# upon
1 the arrival of'DoctorGillan wdre^'ended, 'and mFfea,
* fruit, and sweetmeats were takenA% w y ^ h e v'patient
sfprpseilfed to him, first his^ri^hl;1’ arm-,' and 'afterwards
‘ his Ieft,*ea<lft resting updU a* pill6’w,uthat their pulses
‘ might the more' accurately be examined,* ThefT)octor,
I in eOmpfil&i'ce^with the custom and prejudices5 ofrthe
tliipktfyrfind that he might ‘nof’sfibbk tfi’e^tffibnF.or
‘ the physicians b y ’less attention than they tKought re-
1 quisite to that preliminary circumstance, feltfthe pulses
«'bftboth amis with mubh igravjiy,; and ‘ for’d* rdn§{ con-
5tiftuahce.dHe told them at the;samUtithe;; Shat the Eu-
‘ ropean physicians- sbldoWi thought it he'bessafy lb feel
‘ the pulseiri seVeral different parts bf th'e bodyyBecause
* they knew that all thd-pulses- cbries^oMf45!tbgether,
‘ and communicated with the heart*, and with each other,
^by-Aieans of the cifenlation o f the blbod; so that b y -