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more alUduous ought we to be to pro- 

 cure a compleat rcfolution, and thereby 

 prevent a grievous or fatal event. Af" 

 tcr bleeding therefore, when rtecelTary, 

 and other prerequifites, I chufe, as foon 

 as poffible, to throve- in the mercurial 

 pill. A dofe of eight or ten grains e» 

 very night, in three or four days, com- 

 monly affedls the mouth. Even before 

 it is felt in the mouth, it may have a 

 confiderable efFedl. Bat, vchen that hap- 

 pens, a revulfion is plainly made, and re-* 

 folution is begun ; in confequence of 

 i^hich, the inflammation and tendernefs 

 of the tumor gradually abate ; the ten- 

 lion of the bladder and ftridlure of its 

 orifice relax ; the urine flowly efcapes, 

 and comes away with lefs pain ; and re- 

 lief from all the fymptomsis obtained. The 

 tumor i ndeed ma)' not lo feniibly decreafej 

 becanfe, though the inflammation is re- 

 moved, the thicknefs of its fides will re- 

 main, and an incapacity freely to dif- 

 charge the urine, and prevent the accu- 

 mulation of it. The total difcuflion of 



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