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 mo Of tPnferVation in the oppofite Leg. And as for the Ufe- fiilnefs of thefe, I can fpeak it of my own Experience, that whenfoever I was moft befet with peftilential Fumes, in the Courfe of my Bufinefs, I could then immediately perceive a fhooting Pain in my lifue, and had a great deal of an ill conditioned Matter difcharge from it • and this I always looked upon as a fure Warning to have timely recourfe to Alexifharmkks. GREAT Service was like wile found in the Prefervation againft the PefHience, as well as in its curative Part, by the Applica- tion of Blifiers, and keeping them open a good while, HAVING thus come to r a Conclufion, I think it not amifs to recite the Means which I ufed to preferve my lelf from the Infection, during the continual Courfe of my Bufinefs among the Sick. . i A S foon as I rofe in the Morning early, I took the Quantity of a Nutmeg of the uinti-fefillential Elettuary * 7 then after the Dis- patch of private Concerns in my Family, I ventured into a large Room, where Crowds of Citizens ufed to be in waiting for me ; and