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tlon between doctor and nurse) soon effected 

 tlie intire abdication of the superior, and left 

 the Ejroom to an uninterrupted exertion of 

 his own judgment and medical abilities. To 

 prove the extent of which he prepared an 

 artificial probe, and continued its constant 

 introduction for two inches or more, directly 

 upon the tendon, thereby abrading and ren- 

 dering more irritable a part already injured, 

 and consequently susceptible of additional 

 pain upon every erroneous application. His 

 master was still absent (in a distant port of 

 the kingdom), and the case became every 

 day more alarming, not only in its constantly 

 increasing enlargement of the joint, but per- 

 petual and incessant pain, from which he 

 had no relief. Nature had, in opposition 

 to the interpositions of art, closed the ori- 

 fice and healed the wound ; notwithstand- 

 ing which, the lameness was greater than 

 before. Tliis was matter of additional per- 

 plexity to the scientijic superintendant, who 

 \Vas now convinced nothing but a. practice 

 entirely new could succeqd. 



The better to establish which (upon a 

 vulgar and generally received opinion, that 



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