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Art. XXI. 



The Cure of a fraauredTtn^o Achlllis ; hy 

 the fame, 



kUR predecefibrs were either not fub- 

 jedl to the breaking or tearing the 

 tendo Jchillis^ or it was miftaken for a 

 fprain, or fome fuch other difeafe, by phy- 

 ficians and furgeons ; tor it is rarely ta- 

 ken notice of in books ; and the oldeft and 

 bell praclifers here afTure me, they had 

 not obferved it or heard of it, till between 

 twenty an^ thirty years ago ; fmce which 

 this accident has happened to a confider- 

 able number of people of this country, 

 of whom I know fixteen, and feveral of 

 thofe have broke the tendons of both legs ; 

 amongft the reft, I have been a fufferer 

 this way ; and, upon a comparifon with 

 my brethren in afflidion, my cure is the 

 mod compleat of any I know j there be- 

 ing neither pain, ftiffnefs, weaknefs, nor 



obfervable 



