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fected, was, putting him into a mercurial course. This they
tried; and, after some slighter mercurial medicines, they, in
the latter end of April, laid him down in a salivation, through
which he passed with safety.
This dried up the running sores at his elbows, occasioned
by the bursting of the skin, through the ossification. Some
lighter callus, which was shooting into bones, seems to be
softened; in consequence of which he can move his elbows
and the joints of his fingers with more ease; and he has a
little more clearness and vivacity in his countenance: but none
of the ossified parts are reduced, nor is there any appearance
of their reduction; and he still continues to wear an hectic
look. To reduce the ossified parts, they have applied to
them mercurial plasters; the effects of which time will shew.
As he is now discharged out of the hospital, they have di-
rected him to bathe continually in the oCean, which happens
to be very convenient to his habitation, and have directed
him to anoint his limbs with soapy juice of the quercus ma-
rina, which lies in plenty along the shore. I shall attend to
the event of this process, and send your Lordship a particu-
lar account of it.
Phil. Trans, vol. li. p. 89—92.
Mortification.
The following particulars of a family at Wattlisham, who
lost their limbs, were published by Dr. Wollaston, of Bury,
in Suffolk.
John Downing a poor labouring man, lived at Wattisham,
in January, 1762, with a wife and six children, the eldest, a
girl fifteen years of age, the youngest about four months.
They were all at that time very healthy, and had not any of
them been ill for some time before.
On Sunday, the 10th of January', 1762, the eldest girl
complained in the morning of a pain in her left leg, particu-
larly in the calf of the leg. Towards evening the pain grew
exceedingly violent. The same evening another girl com-
fected, was, putting him into a mercurial course. This they
tried; and, after some slighter mercurial medicines, they, in
the latter end of April, laid him down in a salivation, through
which he passed with safety.
This dried up the running sores at his elbows, occasioned
by the bursting of the skin, through the ossification. Some
lighter callus, which was shooting into bones, seems to be
softened; in consequence of which he can move his elbows
and the joints of his fingers with more ease; and he has a
little more clearness and vivacity in his countenance: but none
of the ossified parts are reduced, nor is there any appearance
of their reduction; and he still continues to wear an hectic
look. To reduce the ossified parts, they have applied to
them mercurial plasters; the effects of which time will shew.
As he is now discharged out of the hospital, they have di-
rected him to bathe continually in the oCean, which happens
to be very convenient to his habitation, and have directed
him to anoint his limbs with soapy juice of the quercus ma-
rina, which lies in plenty along the shore. I shall attend to
the event of this process, and send your Lordship a particu-
lar account of it.
Phil. Trans, vol. li. p. 89—92.
Mortification.
The following particulars of a family at Wattlisham, who
lost their limbs, were published by Dr. Wollaston, of Bury,
in Suffolk.
John Downing a poor labouring man, lived at Wattisham,
in January, 1762, with a wife and six children, the eldest, a
girl fifteen years of age, the youngest about four months.
They were all at that time very healthy, and had not any of
them been ill for some time before.
On Sunday, the 10th of January', 1762, the eldest girl
complained in the morning of a pain in her left leg, particu-
larly in the calf of the leg. Towards evening the pain grew
exceedingly violent. The same evening another girl com-