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from a Tefliknce. It l and there I commonly fpent two or three: Hours, as in an Hofpital, examining the le- veral Conditions and Circumftances of all who came thither :, fome of which had JU cers yet uncured, and others to be advifed under the firft Symptoms of Seizure } all which I endeavoured to difpatch, with all poiftble Care to their various Exigencies. AS fbon as this Crowd could be difc charged, I judged it not proper to go abroad fafting, and therefore got my Breakfaft: After which, till Dinner-time, I vifited the Sick at their Houfes *, whereupon, entring their Houfes, I immediately had burnt fome proper Thing upon Coals, and alfo kept in my Mouth fome Lozenges all the while I was examining them. But they are in a Miftake who report that Phyficians ufed» on fuch Occafions, very hot Things-, as Myrrhs Zedoary, Angelic a^ Ginger , &c. for many, deceived thereby, rai fed Inflammations upon their Tonfils, and greatly endangered their Lungs. I further took Care not to go into the Rooms of the Sick when I fweated, or were fhort-breathed with Walking} and kept my Mind as corapofed as poiTible, being fufHci- ently