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bably contribute, in some degree, to their 

 prevention, it becomes equally necessary to 

 introduce a few additional remarks upon 

 casual inconveniences tliat very frequently 

 occur, and yet could not possibly be rankecj 

 in any of the particular classes that consti- 

 tute the body of the work. The disagreeable 

 consequences that sometimes happen from 

 the common oj>,eration of btecdiug (by an 

 injudicioiis and inexperienced practitioner 

 seem first entitled to observation ; more par- 

 ticularly as instances are not wanting of 

 very alarming swellings forming imme- 

 diately on the part of incision, some of 

 which terminate very imfavourably, either 

 in an indurated tumour, a painful inflamraa-r 

 tion, tedious suppuration, and consequent 

 discharge of matter ; a loss of the vein ; or 

 (by nnprudent and injudicious treatment) 

 more distressing invents th;Mi either. Such 

 crises should always be particularly attended 

 to upoii the earliest appearance, when there 

 is little doubt but they will soon submit to 

 the following mode of management, which I 

 liave never yet known ojice to fail in a great 

 variety of cases. 



