Medical transactions / Royal College of Physicians of London.

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    came on, than leflening gradually. Sometimes I have felt it once a week; other times a fortnight, a month, or a longer time, may elapfe without its once attacking me; but, I think, I am more fubje£t to it in the winter, than in the fummer months. As, when the pain left me, I had no traces of having the leaft diforder within me of any kind, either from fpitting blood, or any corrupted matter, nor ever entertained the leaf! thought of any abfcefs being formed, I never troubled myfelf much about the caufe of it, but attributed it to an obftruftion in the circulation, or a fpecies of the rheumatifm. I shall now proceed to acquaint you with thofe fenfations, which to me feem to indicate a fudden death; but which, not being concomitant with the above mentioned diforder, I am ignorant whether they are to be attri¬ buted to it or not. I have often felt, when
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