es in hot Weather, and afterwards lying out
on the cold Ground, exposed to the Damps of the Night[98].

[98] I saw above twenty Men, while I was in _Germany_, who
attributed the Epileptic Fits they were attacked with to
these Causes, and said they had never had the Epilepsy
before; besides others, who had been formerly subject to
these Fits, who declared, that the Disorder was brought back
by the same Means.

It was very seldom that Men were cured of this Disorder in the
military Hospitals. We had some few Instances, indeed, where Relief
seemed to be obtained by Rest, a regular Diet, gentle Evacuations,
and Issues[99]; but even those Men generally relapsed as soon as they
were sent to their Regiments, and began to do Duty. All who had these
Fits after being some Time with their Regiments, were at last
discharged, and sent home. However, before Men are discharged for
Fits, they should be watched very narrowly for some Time; for there is
no Disorder which Soldiers are more apt to counterfeit than this.

[99] _William Wilson_, a Boy fourteen Years of Age, was
admitted into _St. George_'s Hospital, _Sept._ 20, 1758, for
Epileptic Fits, which he had been subject to for some Time,
and which generally seized him three or four Times a Week. He
took Variety of Medicines without any Effect till the 6th of
_November_, when I ordered him to take eight Grains of the
_pilulae foetidae_ Morning and Evening, and Physic twice a Week,
and a Seton to be made in his Neck. After the Seton began to
run, he had but three or four slight Fits in _November_, and
none the following Month; and he was discharged the Hospital
the 3d of _January_ 1759, seemingly in good Health, with
Directions to keep the Seton running at least for some Months
after he went home, and to come again to the Hospital if he
should have any Return of his Fits; but we never heard more
of him.

_Mary Hacket_, a Girl of nineteen Years of Age, was admitted
into _St. George_'s Hospital the 14th of _February_ 1759, for
Fits. The Account she gave of her Case, was, that about five
Years before she was seized with the first Fit, after a
Fright; three Years afterwards she had a second Fit, and for
some Time after had a Fit commonly once a Month, about the
Time of the full Moon; and since had them more frequently;
that the Fits began with a Trembling and Shaking o