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flefliy confiftence about the neck and fun- 

 dub, but renitent toward the middle j 

 and the whole of it, efpecially the upper 

 part, was exquifitely painful On feel- 

 ing by the anus, a hard tumour was 

 difcovered about the neck of the bladder. 

 An oily nitrous mixture gave prefent re- 

 lief, as to the heat of urine, and kept the 

 belly open. A fmall bleeding fhewed the 

 blood a little lizey, and feemcd to mode- 

 rate lymptoms ; but a fecond, itill linal- 

 ler, gave Neither the fame appearance in 

 the blood, nor the fame relief; and his 

 puile fl.*gged. The tumour and inflam- 

 malion were great ; there was no room 

 fur evacuations, nor was any time to be 

 loll. The only recourfe left, that could 

 be depended on, was the mercurial pill ; 

 by a few dofes of which, a fenfible a- 

 batement of pain was procured. Baths 

 and fomentations, after repeated trials, 

 were alwife found to caufe greater tume- 

 favSlion of the part, or an uneafy infla- 

 tion of the belly, and therefore were laid 

 afic e ; as was every thing elfe, except the 

 piU. His mouth grew ill tafted. and 



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