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dages, to prevent their further growth; but • 

 without any effecfl. 



In January 1760, another tumour of 

 the fame kind appeared in the right groin^ 

 and, in the month of February, another 

 fmaller one about the middle of the fame 

 jhigh *'. 



On Wednefday the 19th of March, 

 •John Parker offered himfelf as a' patient at 

 St. George's Hofpital, was admitted, and 

 came under my care. At this time, th^ 

 tumour in the left ham had a very flrong 

 pulfation, with the feel and appearance 

 of a circumfcribed tumour, of the fize 

 of a large hen's egg ; but occafioned no 

 f welling of the neighbouring parts, and 

 gave him no pain. That in the right 

 ham had neither the appearance nor feel 

 of a circumfcribed tumour, but looked 

 and felt like a large fwelling of the whole 

 ham and knee, and had (till an evidenp 

 pulfation ; it kept him in perpetual pain 

 and uneafinefs, and occafioned an oede- 



matous 



* The above account I had repeated times after- 

 wards from the patient himfelf and his friends,durinj 

 the courfe of his illnefs. 



