A treatise of the asthma divided into four parts : in the first is given a history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them : in the second, the cacochymia which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits which produces it, are described : in the third, the accident causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed : in the fourth, the cure of the asthmas fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed : to which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguish'd by their tastes, and 'tis observ'd how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice by the old writers, and most particularly in relation to the care of the asthma.

Quere 1. What was the first occasion of your Hysteric Asthma?

Answer. The Affliction I had by the Loss of my Father threw me into a vio∣lent Fever, which happened in the Spring, I being then 14 Years old; and about that time Twelve-month into Fits of the Mo∣ther, and those of several sorts, as Ra∣ving, Laughing, and Silent; and in one of these Fits Tobacco being blown on my face recovered me; but in other Fits this being repeated, I found my Breath become streight: This difficulty of breathing was much more uneasy to me than any of the Fits of the Mother. And after this I was troubled sometimes with

the one, and sometimes with the other: But after I was married, which was a∣bout 22, I never had any Fits of the Mo∣ther, other than Shortness of Breath: Though the trouble I have mentioned produced these Fits, yet I cannot but ac∣knowledge I might have some Disposi∣tion to the Asthma from my Father, who was also troubled with a Shortness of Breath.