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Excerpt from Remarkable Account of Mrs. Rachel Lucas, Daughter of Mr. James Hinman, of Durham (Conn.): As Written by Herself, and Attested by Her Family and Acquaintance Oessful attempt of my doctor, to extract it. He then appl1ed aq'uafortis, to kill the nerve of the tooth; this application so augmented my distress, as to throw me immediately into convulsion fits, which became so alarm ing that another physician was consulted; the result of their deliberations was, to let blood, which they attempted by making sixteen incisions in my feet and arms, but without success; they next prescribed a warm bath, which produced such an efi'u 5100 of blood from every orifice, as to give a momentary reli...