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CLASS XII. 



MALLENDERS, SALLENDERS, 

 LAMP AS, CURBS, QUITTORS, AND 

 RINGBONES. 



MALLENDERS. 



Are cracks, or oozings, situate directly 

 upon the back of the knee joint, occasioned^ 

 in general, more by neglect than any casual 

 or constitutional defect in the subject. The 

 matter they discharge is, in some, thin and 

 acrimonious, in others it forms a glutinous 

 accumulation in its oozings, and bears the 

 appearance of small scabs or scurvy eschars 

 upon the surface, constituting a want of flexi- 

 bility, or seeming lameness in the joint. The 

 first step to cure is, to have the parts well 

 washed with soap and warm water (forming 

 a substantial lather, repeating the operation 

 night and morning till the eschars relax from 



