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discharge moderate, but so very foetid, and 

 of so corrosive a tendency, that it formed 

 sinuses in every direction downwards, sur- 

 rounding the bones to the different depths 

 of two, three, or four inches. A separation 

 of parts in the present complication was ab- 

 solutely impracticable, without rendering to 

 a certainty the remedy worse than the dis- 

 ease. Thus situated, iio hope of cure could 

 be entertained but by a reunion of the di- 

 vided parts; to promote which, a constant 

 syringing with detergents was adopted at 

 every dressing, the Mound was covered with 

 lint, plentifully impregnated with the stable 

 digestive, as warm as could be applied with 

 safety, first insinuating as much as possible 

 within the orifice (in the manner of a tent), 

 and covering all with a common poultice of 

 bread, milk, and oil, as the best bed for so 

 tender a part. 



By a perseverance in this mode of treat- 

 ment the sinuses were perfectly united from 

 the bottom, and the wound completely heal- 

 ed (or cicatrized) in little more thaa a month 

 from the time of my being called in, with no 

 other external inconvenience th^u a trifling 



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