SUPPLEMENT. 469 



n€cesi>ary to obtain a discharge by such 7neans 

 alone', I, in almost every case of tumours, or 

 inflammatory swellings, adopt the use of very 

 ^carrn fomentations for a considerable length 

 of time preceding the application of each 

 poultice (which should be renewed nig4it and 

 morning), and am pcrfectl}^ convinced oftlie 

 advantages gained by the practice. No 

 professional animaflversion is required to elu- 

 cidate or justify this assertion; the describ- 

 ed state of the parts, and conespouding pro- 

 perty of the application, sulliciently demoor 

 strate the certaintj^ of success dependent 

 upon the execution ; for the good effect of 

 such mode of treatment is not on]\" evident 

 in an earlv relaxation of the inteanment aaxl 

 porous system, but in a gradual communi- 

 cation to the seat of inflaimnation, being in- 

 dul)itably calculated lo promote, mo:^t poiccrf 

 fnllij, a speedy anr! plentiful evacuation. 



During a perseverance in tliis pra^tice^. it 

 will be found no uncommon circumstance in 

 such formations (moie particularly in large 

 infiammatorj' tumours)^ for Nature to make 

 her efforts in tvfo or three distinct places at 

 the same time, where oozin^s njav be per-? 



