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<p>rowing Vessels which I can <hi rend="underline">man</hi> out of these future | |||
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Sailors. My Shipbuilding and almost every thing else that | |||
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depended on me has stood still for near these 6 weeks. | |||
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I have been very ill during that time and though I now | |||
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am far out of all danger I am still obliged to keep | |||
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my room. I had first a cold & slight fever, then | |||
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a pain in my right side which (as I had many <sic>simptoms</sic> | |||
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which made me believe my blood was in a bad state) | |||
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induced me to be blooded. my blood thicker & blacker than | |||
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ever I saw blood before. I let run two <sic>soop</sic> plates full | |||
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and then as I was near fainting the Surgeon <sic>stopt</sic> it. | |||
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Since that my side swelled as if I had strained myself | |||
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but the acute pain went away. I have been taking | |||
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medicine <add>near 30 <sic>dozes</sic> of Sulphur, and for a long time 5 or 6 tumblers of a <unclear>decoction</unclear> of</add> to purify my blood and at the same time I keep | |||
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<add>Sasafras & Sasaparilla every day</add> a strict diet. One day when I thought I might begin to strengthen | |||
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myself I <sic>eat</sic> a very little Fish and in the course of the day drank | |||
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three <add>very small</add> dishes of chocolate: on the evening the pain was so great | |||
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in my side that I could not keep from crying out every minute: | |||
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all night I had no sleep and it was not till the night following | |||
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that I had any ease.</p> | |||
<p>Oct<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 31<hi rend="superscript"><unclear>st</unclear></hi>. I cannot say I am as yet recovered, | |||
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The Swelling at my side from which my Surgeon expected there would come away above a pint</p> | |||
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rowing Vessels which I can man out of these future
Sailors. My Shipbuilding and almost every thing else that
depended on me has stood still for near these 6 weeks.
I have been very ill during that time and though I now
am far out of all danger I am still obliged to keep
my room. I had first a cold & slight fever, then
a pain in my right side which (as I had many simptoms
which made me believe my blood was in a bad state)
induced me to be blooded. my blood thicker & blacker than
ever I saw blood before. I let run two soop plates full
and then as I was near fainting the Surgeon stopt it.
Since that my side swelled as if I had strained myself
but the acute pain went away. I have been taking
medicine near 30 dozes of Sulphur, and for a long time 5 or 6 tumblers of a decoction of to purify my blood and at the same time I keep
Sasafras & Sasaparilla every day a strict diet. One day when I thought I might begin to strengthen
myself I eat a very little Fish and in the course of the day drank
three very small dishes of chocolate: on the evening the pain was so great
in my side that I could not keep from crying out every minute:
all night I had no sleep and it was not till the night following
that I had any ease.
Octr 31st. I cannot say I am as yet recovered,
The Swelling at my side from which my Surgeon expected there would come away above a pint
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Samuel Bentham |
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