CHAPTER IV. 



The GREASE. 



IN treating of the diseases of the legs^ it will 

 be proper to begin with those which are ex- 

 ternal. 



The grease is so common a complaint, as 

 to require little or no description of its appear- 

 ance. It has hitherto been usually ascribed to 

 a gross and foul habit of body, and the cus- 

 tomary measures of bleeding, purging, and row- 

 elling have been, and continue to be adopted 

 for the attainment of a cure. 



In this disease, as well as in all others, it 

 will be necessary first to ascertain the predis- 

 posing cause, on sound principles, before we 

 can proceed to the administration of medicine. 

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