Nathan Crab is taken to Mr. Pridham in order to cure the boy of his tormenting fits. Mr. Pridham prescribes pills, but before the Pills, he had ordered a Vomit to be taken. Nathan Crab is given pills, which he then vomits up after they had stay'd above an Hour in his Stomach. Mr. Pridham notes how the pills have not dissolved at all, and states that, certainly there is something extraordinary in the case. (51)