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 of respiration; he not having been able to lie down in bed for some time, more especially on his right side.

To relieve him, I ordered at intervals blisters to his legs and side, which, though they discharged liberally, did scarce help his respiration. I likewise during about ten days, that I saw him, directed solutions of the fœtid gums, volatiles, ''Conf. Damocratis cum Vino Antimon''. Vinegar of squills, volatile oily mixtures, and other antispasmodics and attenuants with plentiful dilution. The ''Confect. Damocratis cum Vino Antimoniali'' at first much relieved him, and he was enabled to lie down in his bed; but this relief was temporary.

He generally grew hot, and more uneasy towards evening; and one night, during my attending him, he was seized with a violent pain in his right side. For this he lost seven ounces of blood, which, though it somewhat sunk him, very much abated the violence of his pain.

Frequently likewise in the night, notwithstanding that the season was cold, he, on account of the difficulty of his respiration, ordered and insisted upon the windows of his chamber being opened, to gratify himself with yet cooler air than that of his chamber.

Two or three days before he died, his respiration was extreamly laborious; he sweated profusely; and his strength growing less and less, he expired without the least convulsion.

Several days before his death, he took large doses of Vinegar of squills four or five times a day. This, though it did not in the least offend his stomach, did