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The IntroduGtion. CXXKV 
A very neat Lady had one of thefe Bags bred in one of her 
Toes, partof ic was by a Black taken out witha Pin, but it feems 
not the whole Bag, (asic ought to have been) She complain’d of fome 
pain therewith, which by her walking about inflam’d very much. 
She fhew’dit me, I advis'd her to keep her Bed, and to drefsic wich 
a little Ung. Bafilicum and Precipitate, putting over this Liniment 
fome Diapalma Plaifter. By thefe in fome Weeks time the fettering 
was gone, and fhe with fimple Ba/ilicumcur'd with keeping her Bed; 
or Leg up, for on che leaft hanging down, it would inflame again. — 
Although fhe was well in her Toes, yet fhe bad a {welling rofe in 
her Knee about the Patella, it was very painful and red, as if 
Wind were under the Skin. [I thought, it being a dangerous Place 
for an Ulcer, it was beft to Bleed and Purge, thereby to hinder a 
defluxion of Humours to the part. This being not my proper bufinefs, 
I committed her to the care of a Chirargeon, who applying Poul- 
tefles, <rc. to it, it broke and kept running fora long time, after 
which it cicatrizid not without great trouble. ii 
A little Negro Boy, by leaping offa high place at. Twelve years 
of Age, ftraind his Knee, whence came a pufhiag, fof, painful Pu- Of a Swej- 
mour, red and large. ‘This béing an ill place tor anfwelling, becaufe ling in cht 
of the Patella, ¢7c. and its being a depending party Lb orderd him to: ee 
be bled prefently, to be purg’d che nexe day, andotoy keep up: the: 
Knee... By another Purge or two hissKnec healed; the Swelling tab! 
ling by degrees: without any fign-of an -Apoftem. 90! 9“! 
An old Woman of Seventy years of Age, complainedito me fhe: 
had not made. water in »a:farenight, sher Belly «was:very much 
{well’d. {£ gave her a Dofe of Jalap, by which fhe not only went Of the 
to Stool, burmade Water very plentitully. Lorder’d her a Bath of eae 
fair Water and Culila, to fit in it lukewarm, She continued well Fal:p upon 
forawhile, but then, as [ heard, died, I {uppofe, with Age, and the Serum 
weakne(s. The like Operation as-is: above related: have found {e- Pea. 
veral times on the giving of falap, and» fometimes [have obferved 
a contrary effect, though froma different»Caule, which was, that 
it had by great purging to drain’d the Serumifrom the Blood by-Stool, 
that none remained ina Day or more, to comeby Uring ) - - 
I was call’d to one who made extraordinary complaints of very Of the 
— a _ Stone i 
great pain. in the bottom of her Belly; fhe could not make water, Smad. 
nor had in feveral days. Igave her tome Sal Prunel. and puc herder, cakers 
iato 2 Bath of Gdilu and fair Water lukewarm. She vomited, and for the 
had all the Symptoms of the Stone in the Bladder, alchough fhe Po!) 
Git) took 
