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reader for any instructions that a variet}^ of 

 j^mptoms may render necessarj^ But where 

 a swelUng or tumour gives ocular proof 

 that matter is forming under the ears, jaws, 

 or between the bones (about the roof of the 

 tongue), take every possible method to pro- 

 duce a suppuration and discharge of matter ; 

 for in most cases, an external evacuation 

 becomes the crisis, and greatly preferable 

 to the chance of mischiefs that may be the 

 result of repulsion, 'particularly where the 

 matter is in an unhealthy statu, and calcu- 

 lated to communicate its morbid effects with 

 virulence wherever it takes its seat ; which, 

 upon being repelled and compulsively ab- 

 sorbed into the circulation, it will of course 

 be empowered to do, if not speedily carried 

 off, by mercurial or antimonial preparations. 



Should cough or difficulty of breathing at-r 

 tend, draw blood from a remote vein in mo- 

 derate quantity, to mitigate either of those 

 symptoms ; but neither being present, let 

 the operation be omitted, unless particu- 

 larly urged or indicated by a great degree of 

 inflammatory heat. So soon as the swellings 

 about the neck, head, or throat, have ac- 



