t the Larynx. The Account her Friends who came with
her to the Hospital gave of her Case was, that she had been
for five Months troubled at Times with Pains of her Bowels,
and a Purging; that on _Sunday_ se'night before coming to the
Hospital, she had suddenly lost the Use of her Speech, and
had not spoke since that Time, though she seemed to hear and
understand whatever was said to her. I asked her some
Questions, which she answered distinctly by Signs. She had no
paralytic Complaint of her Face, Arms, Legs, or any other
Part of her Body, and swallowed both Fluids and Solids with
Ease. She had no Fever, and seemed to complain of nothing but
the Loss of Speech.--A Blister was applied to her Neck, and
she was ordered the saline Draughts, with a Scruple of Powder
of Valerian in each, to be taken three Times a-day, and a
Dose of sacred Tincture, to be taken twice a-Week. She
followed this Course for a Fortnight, when another Blister
was applied to the Fore-part of the Neck, and the Powder of
Valerian in the Draughts was changed for two Drachms of the
_tinctura valeriana volatilis_. At the End of three Weeks she
could pronounce the two Words _Why_, _What_. She continued
the same Course till this Day, the 16th of _March_, and can
now pronounce many Words and short Sentences.

One Man of the 51st Regiment of Foot, after doing Duty in very cold
wet Weather, in the Beginning of the Year 1762, was seized with a
Palsy of one Side of his Face, which prevented him from speaking
distinctly, and was an Impediment to his eating. He mended much after
being blooded, and having a large Blister to his Neck, kept open for
some time by means of the epispastic Ointment.

OF AN INCONTINENCY of URINE.

An Incontinency of Urine was another Complaint frequent among the
Soldiers; but it seemed to me to be counterfeited by many. All, who
had it, said that they had received some Hurt[96] or Sprain of the
Back, or a Kick from a Horse, or that a Carriage had run over them.

[96] A Soldier in the Hospital at _Paderborn_ used to
discharge his Water involuntarily, and mixed with Pus, which
came from some violent Blows he had received on the Back.

_John Pearce_, a young Man about eighteen Years of Age, was
admitted into _St. George_'s Hospital, the 10th of _April_
1759, for a Pain of his Side, and a Complaint of the Bladder.
The