A further answer, being a true representation of Mr. Worger's case : in confutation of Dr. Packe's written paper / by John Gray.

  • Gray, John, of Canterbury.
Date:
1726
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Credit: A further answer, being a true representation of Mr. Worger's case : in confutation of Dr. Packe's written paper / by John Gray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the Fall, the Doctor lays, ’twas after this manner-, A Perlon in his Gallop ran dire&ly upon him, his Horfe fell upon his Knees, but the Rider fo well recover’d himlelf, that he rode on about two Poles and then fell from his Horle without any farther Violence as in an Apoplexy. To which I anfwer. That Mrs. Worger, the Widow of the Deceas’d, does positively affirm, and is ready to do fo upon her Gath, that Mr. Worger had not made any Complaint lately of Giddinefs and Swim¬ ming of the Head, nor was he advis’d to bleed upon that or any other Account, but that he went out from Home that Morning in perfect Health. ’ And as to the manner of the Fall, you will find the Doftor quite miftaken, by the Allegations of Mr. Moat of Chartham, and feve- ral others, that were Eye-witneffes of this fatal Accident -7 who all affert* That Mr.?Worger was hung from his Horfe to the Ground with great Violence, the very Moment that his Horfe receiv’d the Shock from the other. In the next place, the Doftor fets forth the Symptoms under which he found the Patient labouring upon his firft feeing him *, who was cold, he fays, without Senfe or Motion •, his Eyes fet, and void of Light, as in a dead Per foil •, his Countenance no ways diftorted, or unnatural *, no Vomiting *, the Pulle exceeding Small and intermitting *. Mr. Botting, the Surgeon, had taken about fifteen Ounces of Blood from his Arm. The firft Step the Doftor took to roufe him from this Apopleftical Cafe, he tells you, was, That (being deftitute of any prefent Remedy) he twice put Snuff up his Noftrils, and tickled the infide of them with a Straw j upon which he foon ftirr’d his Head, and in fome fmail time after vomited twice or thrice a well digefted Chylous Pulp in plenty, which at firft was only tinged with frefh Blood*, upon this his Pulfe be¬ came ftronger, and he was carried down to Bridge, and put to bed. The next Step the Do&or took for the roufing and quickning the Senfe of his Patient, was, the adminiftring a Cephalic Bolus and Volatile Mixture. - - . But for fear of informing the World what to do in the like Cafe, he omitted to mention their Compofitions *7 which I have thought proper to infert: The B olus was one Dram and a half of Venice Treacle, five Grains of Salt of Harts-horn, and Syrup of Saffron as much as yeas fufficient. The Volatile Mixture was fix Ounces of the Alexiterial Milk- Water, two Ounces of Treacle Water, and fixty Drops of Spirit of Harts¬ horn,