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fiammation fuccecdS;, and produces a Av^clling of 

 the encyfted kind, containing a gelatinous- 

 fluid, which, if not treated with frequent re- 

 petitions of the following repellent lotions, 

 upon the earlieft difcovery, will not fubmit to 

 this mode of application. 



Take Mindererus's fylnt. 

 Camphorated fpirits, 

 Common brandy, 

 And verjuice or befl vinegar, of each equal parts* 



Or, 



Take (d\ armoniac three drachms ; 

 Diftilled vinegar four ounces ; 

 Britifli brandy half a gill. — Mix* 



Should thefe fail of fuccefs, the evacuation 

 muft be folicited by gentle emollients, as warm 

 fomentations (before defcribed) and foftening 

 poultices. Upon its arriving at a proper degree 

 of' maturity, let the neceflary incifion be made 

 fuperficially (not in the ftyle recommended by 

 Gibson, of *' cutting down to the quick"), 

 and the cyft or bag, extracted with its contents, 

 if EASILY pradlicable: if not, the prefent ex-' 

 traftion (mentioned by fome as neceffary) is in 

 fad fuperfluous and nugatory ; as it becomes 



immediately 



