place\"thanforamedicalgentlemanofeminence:unworthytreatment，infact，inmanyormostquarters；——followedbyhypochondria，bydreadfulbodilydisorder（kindnotgivenordiscoverable），\"sothatIsufferedthepainsofHell，\"satweeping，satgnashingmyteeth，andcouldn’twriteaNoteafterdinner；
followedfinallybythesickness，andthenbythedeath，ofmypoorWife，\"afterfivemonthsoftorment。\"Uponwhich，in1771，Zimmermann’sfriends——forhehadmanyfriends，being，infact，apersonoffinegracefulintellect，highproudfeelingsandtendersensibilities，gonealltothissadstate——ralliedthemselves；
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