468 SUPPLEilENT. 



meat that is immediately adopted to pro- 

 mote suppuration ; tlie general error has been 

 productive of inconccival^le mischief. It has 

 been the established custom to form a com- 

 bination of tlie strongest stimulants human 

 invention could devise, without a single re- 

 flection upon (or one moment reverting to) 

 the TIME inevitably necessary for the extra- 

 vasated contents to become vudurc for their 

 discharge by a critical eftbrt of nature. 



It has been the universal and lonj^-stand- 

 ing practice, in all tumours or inflammatory 

 5?wellin<2[s threatenimr a formation of matter, 

 to rely entirely upon the eftect of poultices 

 (composed of the most powerful ingredients), 

 calculated to stimulate the parts and excite 

 early digestion. However judicious and ap- 

 proved this practice may have been, it will 

 admit of some impro\'ement, and even that 

 justified by reason and expcrienee; constantly 

 observing (from the quantity of hair upon 

 many horses, in addition to the thickness of 

 the skin) how difficult it must be for tlie pene- 

 trative power of the poultice to come into 

 immediate contact with the oftendino; and 

 indi2:ested matter, as well as the loni^ time 



