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Brain we found also a considerable Poljpus t in the Sinns Longttadttiahs. Allother cbings were according to Nature.

VII. Ihad a Gentlewoman my Patient, who Was muchtroubled wich theFalling-ßckness ; In her Water 1 sew a greatNumber of stiort Worms, sollof Legs, and like Mtllipedes : I gave her two or three Purges, first withPil. Agaric . and Rbubarb ; but I still perceiv’d, in every Water was broughtme, 8 or io, or more of the Worms; they appear’d lively and füll of Mo-tion ; and theFitscontimi’d daily. At last I gave her half an Ounce u iOxy-md Helleboratum in Tanly-water, whichwrought well, and was soccessful;so that she bad a compleat Cure.

VIII. In Aug. 1687. 1 was deGred by a poor Woman, at Aßtop-Wells,tolook on her Daughter. Theycamcfrom Stow in Gloceßerßnre fas theyhad offen done before) for Work. The Daughter was about 21, of aSan-guine Complcxion, and as to private matters well erough: She bad beenfor scveral Days less active than usoal; and after that, had (a, Week bt-fore I sow her) lost her Speech, and the use of her Legs; the had little orno scnsc of Fceling in them, and the lest Leg was drawn up as in a violentCramp. Her Ruddy Sanguine Look directed Bleeding; but that did notrelieve her. I then gave her Spirit of Sal. Armon. Succinated , Steel withGentian, Amber, Castor, and other warm Cephalicks. A Blister was laidon her Neck. A Bath (of Wormwood, and other hot Herbs ) prepared forher Legs; Ung. M artiat um ustd to anoint them after Bathing. By theseMeans, the was in the Ipace of 3 D»ys able to fpeak again; and in a littletime, by the help of Crutches, able to go. But then omitting the Medi-cines, tho’ but one Day, she lost her Speech again; and returning to them(especially the Spirit) recovered it as soon. Whcn not able to fpeak, shehad a manifest alteration in her Face; the Strength and Tonick Vigour ofit abated ; her Eyes grew dull, her Lips pale. I have in this Juncture givenher 3 o Drops of the Spirit: In the space of two Hours the Change ha*been furpriiing; her Eye has quickn’d, a Colour come over her Face, herSpeech retum’d.

Injul. 1688. her Mother brought herto me again, and told me, Thatafter the Physick, Ihad (the Year before) preschnd her, was all fpent, herSpeech, and the use of her Legs lese her first in September , ona.Tuesdaya.houtNoon, and retum’d the Soturday following near the tarne Hour; and thatffom Michaelmaft to the time ofourDiscourse (which was "July 18, follow-ing) her Speech and strength of Legs observed the fame period (of goingoff on Tueflays every Week, and returning on Saturdays) with only two Ex-ceptions, m, That once they return'd on a Friday, another time not be-fore SunAay. She added, That her Daughter was, the preceding Winter,very weak, and in danger of Death ; that her Appetite was much abated;that Ihe sometimes chose to cat Bread, Water, and Sah, boyled together;that now, as the Summer came on, Ihe recovered some Degree of Strength,Vol. III. F that

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