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Brand and Sir H Ellis referring to
, say Brand and Sir H. Ellis (referring to the Hist.
— from Awdeley's Fraternitye of Vacabondes, Harman's Caueat, Haben's Sermon, &c. by Harman, Thomas, active 1567

black and swelled his Eyes ready to
A Surgeon unsuccessfully attempted various Methods to extract it; but another seeing how unavailable all of them were; and the Patient's Visage becoming black and swelled; his Eyes ready to start, as it were, out of his Head; and falling into frequent Swoonings, attended with Convulsions too, he caused a Glyster of an Ounce of Tobacco boiled to be thrown up; the Consequence of which was a violent Vomiting, which threw up the Substance that was so very near killing him.
— from Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

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