Ulass II; i. 4. T 9 . OF SENSATION. * 3 * 



may be termed a fuppuration of them ; it differs from the above* 

 as it generally is occafioned by fome external injury, as in decay- 

 ing teeth ; or by veneral virus, as in nodes on the tibia ; or by 

 Other matter derived to the bone in malignant fevers j and is not 

 confined to the ends of them. 



The reparation of the dead bone from the living is a work of 

 fome time. See Seel:. XXXIII. 3.1. A new and able work on 

 the necrcfis of bones is publifhed by I. Rufiel, Edinburgh ; 

 London, Robinfons. And another by I. P. Weidmann, de Ne- 

 croli Ofiium at Francfort j Boofey, London ; which is alfo 2 

 valuable work. 



M. M. When this difeafe is not formed in fyphilis, or by 

 metaflafis in fever, but is fimpiy an inflammation of the periofte- 

 um, or of the folid bone, or of its medullary cells, the method of 

 cure mould confiil in evacuations by bleeding and cathartics, 

 and by leeches applied to the painful or tumid parts ; and after- 

 wards by taking inwardly fbda phofphorata and a decoction of 

 rubia tinclorum, madder-root ; as the' former is believed to give 

 foiidity to bones, and the latter, as it colours the bones of young, 

 or growing animals, is known to be carried thither during their 

 fofter or more fenfitive ftate, and may be therefore worth a trial, 

 See Innuttitio offium. Clafs I. 2. 2. 14* 



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