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mor, iadeed, of the bl*ddeF bas been found 

 to exift long before there were any evident 

 ligns of its being affed^ed. But, when the 

 tumor arrives at a great height, and acci-« 

 dents concur, it will bring on inflam - 

 mation, chiefly about the neck and fun- 

 dus, wher^ the parts ace more flelliy, oc 

 mqre covered with far, and confequenc- 

 ly more fucceptible of inflammation. 

 On the other hand, inflammation ne- 

 gledled, ill treated, failing in with a par- 

 ticular habit and fl:ate of the juices, or 

 merely by comprefling the fmaller or- 

 ders of veflTels, may occafionally be the 

 caufe of a more general infardlion, and 

 likewife produce a membranous thicken- 

 ing of the bladder. A membrane, after 

 inflanamation, is always found thicker. 

 As ta the method of cure, I have rela- 

 ted what was found moft fuccefsful in 

 thofe cafes that fell under my obferva- 

 ticn* In fuch a delicate fituation of 

 things as hath been reprefented, many 

 would have queftioned the propriety of a 

 mercurial remedy j and I fliould have 

 doubted of it likewife, if experience, i» 



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