And glad ſhould we be, could we inform the Reader that both theſe Bodies had been attended with equal Succeſs; for thoſe who undertook the Care of the Lady, ſucceeded ſo well, that after the Fit had continued a decent Time, ſhe again revived, to their great Satisfaction; but as to the Captain, all Experiments of bleeding, chafing, dropping, &c. proved ineffectual. Death, that inexorable Judge, had paſſed Sentence on him, and refuſed to grant him a Reprieve, though two Doctors who arrived, and were fee’d at one and the ſame Inſtant, were his Council.
Theſe two Doctors, whom to avoid any malicious Applications, we ſhall diſtinguiſh by the Names of Dr. Y. and Dr. Z. having felt his Pulſe; to wit, Dr. Y. his right Arm, and Dr. Z. his left, both agreed that he was abſolutely dead; but as to the Diſtemper, or Cauſe of his Death, they differed, Dr. Y holding that he had died of an Apoplexy, and Dr. Z. of an Epilepſy.
Hence aroſe a Diſpute between the learned Men, in which each delivered the Reaſons of their ſeveral Opinions. Theſe were of ſuch equal Force, that they ſerved both toconfirm
