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near Ncwcaftle in StafTbrdfhire, propofes to tap the abfcefs by 

 means of a trocar, and thus as often as necefTary to difcharge the 

 matter without admitting the air. Might a weak injection of 

 wine and water, as in the hydrocele, be ufed with great caution 

 to inflame the walls of the abfcefs, and caufe them to unite ? 

 jSee Clafs II. 1. 6. 9. 



1 9. Paronychia interna. Inflammation beneath the finger-nail. 

 The pain occafioned by the inflammatory acliion and fcumor of 

 parts bound down between the nail on one fide and the bone on 

 the other, neither of which will yield, is faid to occafion fo much 

 pain as to produce immediate delirium, and even death, except 

 the parts are divided by a deep incifion ; which mull pafs quite 

 through the periofteum, as the inflammation is faid generally to 

 exift beneath it. This difeafe is thus refembled by the procefs 

 of toothing in young children ; where an extraneous body lodged 

 beneath the periofteum induces pain and fever, and fometime$ 

 delirium, and requires to be fet at liberty by the lancet. 



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