i«2 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



matous fwelling ot that leg. The fvo'el- 

 ling in the right groin was about the 

 iize of a fmall hen's egg j bat that in the 

 middle of the thigh was about the fize 

 of a pigeon's, and could only be felt when 

 one prefTed the thigh at the part where 

 the artery is about to link deep among 

 the mufcles of the infide of the thigh ; 

 both thefe had a ftrong pulfation, and 

 the feel of circumfcribed tumours, but 

 gave no pain. 



As this was an extraordinary cafe, the 

 advice of all the phylicinns and lurgeons 

 belonging to the hofpital was alked, who 

 all agreed that it was a loll cafe; and 

 that all that could be done, was to en- 

 deavour to alleviate the patient's mifery 

 by a mild cooling regimen, and the oc- 

 cafional ufe of opiates. Accordingly, 

 from this time till his death, the only me- 

 dicines he took were a little lenitive elec- 

 tuary to prevent coftivenefs, which al- 

 ways increafed his pain, and fome of the 

 tindura thcbaciay or of the pilulae faponacea, 

 fh, Load, when the pain was fevere. 



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