26o ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



thing that will jncreafe the heat and mo- 

 mentum of the blood in the vcfTels ; by 

 keeping the belly loofe by means of mild 

 eccoprotics or laxatives; by deadening the 

 pain with opiates, when fcvere; and by 

 giving fuch other remedies as the cir- 

 cumftances of the patient may require, 

 and which can be adminiftrated with 

 fafety. Handling or feeling and exa- 

 mining of fuch tumours with the fingers 

 ought to be avoided as much as pofTible ; 

 for, in fome caies, it may bring on aa 

 anxiety, giddinefsj fuffocation, orr^pther 

 troublefome fymptoms j in others, it may 

 fo change the fituation of the large po- 

 lypous concretions, as to block up the 

 pafTage through the dilated artery, or it 

 may break off part, of the polypous la- 

 mellae or filaments, and give rife to new 

 obftrudlions ; in others, it may be in daq^- 

 ger of burfting the aneurifmal fac. Gen- 

 tle preffure, when the integuments come 

 to be in danger of giving way, may pre- 

 ferve life for fome time ; but all flrong 

 preffure and tight bandages increafe the 



patient's 



