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pubisy and a fenfe of fulnefs and tenfion 

 in the pelvis, caufing an impediment to 

 urine, or pain in paffmg it, are no ob' 

 fcure figns of congeftion about the neck 

 of the bladder, or in the bladder itfelf. 

 In fuch circumflances, many too hatlily 

 have recourfe to thofc things that pro- 

 voke urine, or difTolve the (lone ; which 

 are often found rather to exafpcrate their 

 complaints, than relieve them. Deobftru- 

 ents chiefly are indicated. 



It need hardly be mentioned, that, 

 through the whole courfe of a cure, the 

 belly fhould conftantly be kept open. 

 Laxatives, however, or purgatives of the 

 mildeft kind, ar-e only to be ufcd on this 

 intention. 



External applications are not to 

 be negle(5led, but muft be advifed with 

 caution ; and their effeds are carefully 

 to be obferved. Under inflammation, 

 baths and fomentations fometimes fboth- 

 ed and relaxed the parts, and gave a lit- 

 tle eafe from pain. At other times, not- 

 withftanding a temporary relief, they did 

 Jiurtj by too much determining the cir- 



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