of the late <Peft Hence. 1 1 1 MOREOVER thefe BUfis were de- rivable from external Caufes, as from the Injuries of Air, where the pestilential Miaf- mat a were pent up and condenfed, and by that Means their Virulence increafed to that Degree, that Life it felf was Immediately extinguished, upon coming within their Reach. Nay, fome were fo fuddenly marked with thefe fatal Characters, that they did- not before find themfelves in any other Refpecl out of Order; which is a Circumftance fb well known, that there is little need to confirm it -by particular In- fiances, however, for the Reader's Satis- faction, I ihall recollect one or two FaSs of this Kind. I was called to a Girl the firft Day of her Seizure, who breathed without any Difficulty, her Warmth was moderate and natural, her Inwards free from glowing and Pain, and her Pulfe not unequal or irregular; but, on the contrary, all Things genuine and well, as if me had ailed no- thing ; and indeed I was rather inclined to think fhe counterfeited being fick, than really to be out of Order, until examining her Breaft, I found the certain Characters K 2 of
