癸酉仲冬時在益郡署中．先室分娩受寒．胎衣不下血潰盈盆．越七日因怒嘔血少止．復暴崩如涌．兩眼瞑合．四肢冷厥．不省人事．脈六部沉代．勢屬危急．余即以人參二兩為君．黃歸身附子炙草各二錢為佐．入山漆三錢．武火促煎．仍請蜀藩良醫(yī)胡君商治．胡至胗視曰．脾為統(tǒng)血之原．今肝木凌土．固中斂血．須加白術．余如言治之．藥半晌．目轉氣舒．脈復漸蘇．至十三日肢體忽腫．又治以十全大補湯．去芎芍．加炮姜．七劑始退．再延胡君議修補養(yǎng)之劑．胡曰前癥真陰暴絕．已入死法．今倘勤加調(diào)攝．勿輟良劑．亦可少延數(shù)年．自是冬而歷甲申季夏一十二載．經(jīng)水斷絕．盛暑猶著綿衣．暫離參數(shù)日．便病暈眩喘脹．計服過人參十五斤有奇丸劑五十余斤．湯藥千五百帖．而終不免于一死．只因數(shù)載以來．俯仰乏資．參難裕置．至甲申仲夏．余緣洪江之行．復觸事火升作渴．誤嚼荸薺數(shù)枚．遂患格癥． 食入即吐．胃氣遽絕．日只飲水碗許．絕谷四十九日而歿．歿時肌體豐潤如生．可知參功累積造命非?。亢扌鑵㈦y繼． 枉死．致令結發(fā)參商．哀腸寸斷．余幾無以為生矣．