In 373 he had been at death’s door.  Indeed, the news of his death was actually circulated, and bishops arrived at Cæsarea with the probable object of arranging the succession. Ep. cxli.  He had submitted to the treatment of a course of natural hot baths, but with small beneficial result. Ep. cxxxvii.  By 376, as he playfully reminds Amphilochius, he had lost all his teeth. Ep. ccxxxii.  At last the powerful mind and the fiery enthusiasm of duty were no longer able to stimulate the energies of the feeble frame.