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aTid give great pain in taking them off. The: 

 cloths or fingers applied here ought always 

 to be befmeared with oil, unfalted butter 

 or axunge, to prevent this adhefion. The 

 bulk of the prolapfed part is often fo 

 great, that it is impoffible to make it all pafs 

 at once thro' the jphinBer^ and a fruitlefs at- 

 tempt of redudion generally increafes the 

 fwelling. The reduction ought to be made 

 by preffing a fmall part of the fides of the 

 orifice, with a greafy finger, and when that 

 part is thruft within the orifice, another fin- 

 ger is applied to what is then the verge of 

 the orifice to puih it upwards, while the firft 

 applied finger is withdrawn : by fuch an al- 

 ternate fucceflfion of two fingers, the whole 

 may be introduced in moft cafes without in- 

 cifions, fo that this difeafe is feldom fatal ; 

 and for that reafon, the patient is generally too 

 much negle6led after the redu6tion is made, 

 which is fometimes attended with bad con- 

 fequences. 



If, after the reduction, the part continues 

 to be pained and the patient's pulfe is quick, 

 blood-letting, and a low cooling diet, are ne- 

 cefiary to prevent inflammation and its confe- 

 quences. In all cafes, too mucn coftivenefs 



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