ULCERS. i6i 



HUMES, we proceed now to treat of both, 

 when, by improper treatment, or bad habit, 

 thej^are degenerated -into ulcers. 



ULCERS 



Are wounds or abfcejfes become inflexible 

 either by an imprudent courfe of management, 

 an indifferent habit, or an acrimonious dif- 

 poiition of the juices ^^ but in general much 

 more the effect of the former than either of 

 the other two. It has been a practice with 

 farriers of almoft every denomination, upon a 

 wound's not inclining to heal fo foon as ex- 

 pedled, to increafe the ftrength of the digef- 

 tive application, as if the very tendons were to 

 be extracted. This effort of art not fucceed- 

 ing, is followed by a corrofivCy that, increaiing 

 the evil, a caiijiic in general crowns the whole 

 pf country pra5tice. The \yound (that per- 

 haps at iirft required only the neceffary time 

 for incarnation, and the moft fimple treat- 

 ment) not having kept pace in its cure with 

 the imagination or impatience of the Doctor 

 (for fa we all are from the prefident in Woi'ijoick- 



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