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ceeded from the pundure, tenfion, or 

 irritation of fome nerve, by the fplin- 

 ters, callus, or fharp matter collected 

 near the fra(5lure; efpecially that, from 

 the reftleflhefs of the patient, and his 

 having nfed his leg too foon ; it was 

 found to be bent a little at the place of 

 the fra(5lure, and that the tetanus fcem* 

 ed moft violent on the fame fide with it » 

 yet the patient did not complain of par- 

 ticular pain in that part ; and no rednefs, 

 fwelling, or colledion of matter, then 

 or fince that time, appeared there *. 



Upon the whole, the general me- 

 thod of cure attempted by Mr Hall 

 and Mr Reid, appeared to us very pro- 

 per. 



We therefore delired, that, after re- 

 peating the blooding, that method fhouki 



be 



* Mr Hall, on recolledion, thinks it raateri- 

 - al to obferve, tHat the patient had been married a- 

 bout a month only before he fradlured his leg j anci 

 that poffibly he brought on the difeafe, or rendered 

 himfclf more liable to it, by indulging venereal in- 

 clinations too foon after that accident. 



