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part of the breaft-bone, which he at¬ tributed to cold, of to-, more exef- cife ol walking than • he: had been accudomed to. He obferved, that the pain ceafed .and returned fuddenly, and that walking would always occa¬ tion a return of the pai^j I could not learn that he had felt any fymptom of fever, till-the day before I law him, when he had. been, feized with a fevere fhivetiog fit ; his pulfe • beat Very re¬ gularly,- and now 96 times in a minute; his Ikih was not unnaturally hot i as the pain Teemed, fo -little; conne&ed with fever, its entire ceflation with fudderi returns induced me to think that the diforder was fpafmodic. 1 or¬ dered an anodyne draught, which was to be repeated every 2 hours, 2 or 3 times if .the pain did not abate. A blifter was. allb applied to the part. When I faw him early next morning, his pulfe beat 120 times- in a minute, full and flrong. His pain continued with