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* c operation for eighteen or twenty days, and am 

 . . " furprized at the phenomenon. I am in no ex- 

 " pectation of any great fervice from the applica- 

 " tion : the age, conftitution, and thoroughly can- 

 " cerous condition of the perfon, being uncon- 

 " querable barriers to it. How an ail of that 

 " kind, abfolutely local, in an otherwife found 

 " habit, and of a likely age, might be relieved, I 

 u cannot fay. But as to the operation, thus 

 " much I can afTert, that there is neither pain nor 

 ". naufeoufnefs in it. The animal is put into a 

 " linen bag, all but its head, and that is held to 

 " the part. It has generally inftantly laid hold of 

 " the fouleft part of the fore, and fucked with 

 " greedinefs until it dropped off dead. It has 

 " frequently happened that the creature has fwolen 

 " immenfdy, and from its agonies appeared to be 

 " in great pain. I have weighed them for feveral 

 " days together, before and after the application, 

 " and found their increafe of weight,, in the dif- 

 * c ferent degrees, from a drachm to near an ounce. 

 " They frequently fweat exceedingly, and turn 

 cc quite pale: fometimes they difgorge, recover, and 

 ' c become lively again. I think the whole fcene 

 " is furprifing, and a very remarkable piece of na- 

 " tural hiftory. From the conftant inoffenfivenefs 

 u which I have obferved in them, I almoft queflion 

 u the truth of their poifonous fpitting. Many peo- 

 " pie here expect no great good from the applica- 

 ^ 6 tion of toads to cancers 5 and where the diforder 



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