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parts where fuch an accident is mod liable to hap- 

 pen, are the navel and the groin, but this rule is by 

 no means univerfal. 



It is farther necefiary to remark, that women, 

 who in country bufinefs are often employed in lift- 

 ing confiderable weights, as of pails of milk, buckets 

 of water, and fuch like, are more liable to ruptures 

 than men; and on that account it is highly necef- 

 fary that whoever attends women labouring under 

 any acute pains of the abdomen, mould make a 

 Ariel: enquiry into the circumftances under which 

 fuch pains originated, and particularly if there be 

 any tumour in the groin, belly, or pudenda; and if 

 there be fuch, to be informed of what nature it is, 

 before he goes any farther, or lofes any more of 

 that time, which in fuch cafes is fo very precious. 



To return now from this rather long, but I hope 

 not ufelefs, digreflion, 



Emelks are another clafs of medicines oftheeva^ 

 cuatory kind, that are often of the greateft import- 

 ance, and whofe ufe requires the particular attention 

 of thofe who give advice to fick perfons. It is not 

 meant here to give a general account of the caufes 

 or circumftances in which emetics may be admi- 

 niftered with propriety, but only to give a few 



hints 



