456 SUPPLEMENT. 



The <:ainphor and opium were reduced to 

 small pieces then frequently shaken in the 

 spirits till dissolved, and close stopped for use. 



That no part of my plan mij^lit he omit- 

 ted, tending in the least to promote a pos- 

 sibihtv of success, I continued in town a 

 day extraordinary, to superintend tlie com- 

 mencement and regulate the proceeding ; wa.s 

 present during the first operation, leaving 

 him at full liberty i» tlie loose stable I had 

 recommended (as the finst jirobable step to 

 improvement), not wilhout some degree of 

 hope, upon seeing hiip enjoy a seeming tem- 

 porary suspension from pain, during the 

 Avarmth of thie fomentation, \\ Inch he abso- 

 lutely leaned to. and courted the applica- 

 tion of, in a very particular manner. 



From these ap[)Iications (liowever well 

 adapted to predominant symptoms and the 

 exigency of the case) infal/ihle cipecfatians 

 could not be formed ; nevertheless I had ex- 

 perimental reason and conviction to believe, 

 the properly regulated heat, and frequency 

 of the fomentation, might not only gradually 

 reduce the rigid callosity of the integument 



