Joo ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



culation to the bladder, and caufing 

 greater tutnor and danger of fluxion. A 

 moderately cooling refolving lininnent 

 fpread upon linen, laid over the whole 

 hypogaftrium, abates the heat and ten- 

 fioh. Cataplafms, on the contrary, bruife 

 and fatigue the part ; or, growing cold, 

 become difagreeable. When the tumor 

 is indolent, refolvent plaiilers, efpecially 

 mercurial, may be applied j though cly- 

 flers will more immediately aflPedl the 

 tumor than applications to the abdomen. 

 In any cafe, injedlions into the bladder 

 may be of ufe- But, previous to thefe, 

 the urine muft be drawn off; and, whe- 

 ther they arc ufed or not, a proper ca- 

 theter ought to be kept in the bladder, 

 to prevent the accumulation of urine ; 

 which caufes conftant diftenfion and ir- 

 ritation, and refills the contraction of the 

 part. 



In the declining ftate of the tumor, 

 when all pain and inflammation are 

 gone, exercife on horleback, or in a ve- 

 hicle, will be a good means, in conjunc- 

 tiofi with others, to difBpate the remains 



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