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& the book coch
at last was a duodecimo bible, he writt the smallest but I found his eyes
bloodshod one morning & he complained something swam
before his eyes & when I asked him what he thought
had occasioned that disorder he said he believed that he
had overstrained the optick nerves for for a
two last past he had waked before the sun was quite
up & had endeavoured to see what a clock it was then
by a very little light that came thro the curtain &
shutter ch
sun & looked so much on the body of it to make his
observations that for some time it appeared constantly
before his eyes – He wrote small
last his hand was very steady —
Sect Came to town perfectly well told me the 1st of March —
the sunday before he had slept from 11. to 8 – his great fatigue
in town & complaisancebrought his mar he brought his distemper upon
him – he was ill on the friday gd
till Saturday the 11. sent Mead & Cheselden – stone in bladder
he seemed easier on day
grew worse & sense failed him weaker & weaker
perfectly to on Saturday 18 – a long discourse with Dr Mead –
that evening seemed to be insensible & conti grew weak
& all Sunday was quite insensible & seemed to be quiet
& free fom pain – on Monday the 20th at 1 – in the morning
he died without any gre appearance of pain —–
made no necessities
patient thought
Philosophy less mischeivous
day Oliver died measure force of wind by jumping
use legs have legs —–
handiness —–
use legs – day Oliver died – tried —
Morality of Socrates – knowledge of Pythagoras
Story of Socrates standing in the market place
24 – hours
His furnace at Cambridge preserved religiously
& shewn to strangers —
Story of Caton the joiner at Cambridge who made
a tub
deep filled with water, glasses at distance
let fall balls of wax – r
glass broke – wonder being very thick – Caton
you do not know the force of water —