450 ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS 
ART. aA 
The Cure of a fractured Tendo Achill 4 
the fame. 
UR predeceffors were either not fub- 
ject to the breaking or tearing ‘the ten- 
do Achillis, or it was miftaken for a fprain, or ° 
fome fuch other difeafe by phyficians and fur- 
geons; for it is’ tarely taken’ notice of in 
books; and the oldeft and beft pradtifers 
here affure me, they had not obferved it or 
heard of it, till between twenty and thirty 
years ago; fince which this accident has 
happened to a confiderable number of peo- 
ple of this country, of whom I know fix- 
teen, and feveral of thofe have broke the 
tendons of both legs; among the reft, I have 
been a fufferer this way; and, upon a compa- 
rifon with my brethren in affliction, my cure 
is the moft compleat of any I know; there 
being neither pain, ftiffnefs, weaknefs nor 
obfervable fhriveling in my left leg where the 
tendo Achillis was broken: whereas moft of 
the other gentlemen have fome of thofe un- 
eafineffes, 
