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fedtual j to prevent therefore a lofs of time by 

 fuch fruitlefs attempts, let it be clearly and 

 finally underftood it can be efFedted only by 

 EXTIRPATION; an operation fo very 

 trifling it will not admit of a moment's heii^ 

 tation, and may be taken off with a common 

 penknife, and healed as a fuperficial wound. 

 But the mofl ready and leafl painful method 

 of taking it off is by juft railing either edge 

 till it can be taken hold of with a pair of 

 common pincers ; when, by leaning them to 

 any fide, you have an immediate fulcrum, of 

 lever, and feparate it inftantaneoully without 

 pain or inconvenience. After the extirpation 

 it may be treated as a fimple fuperficial lacer-. 

 ation, and may in general be healed by a 

 frequent application of Friars ial/hm, tm^lure 

 offnyrrh, or, in very trifling cafes, with a little 

 cotrwion brandy. 



But after the cure, care fhould always be 

 taken to guard the cicatrix in its infancy, and 

 prevent the buckle of the girth from coming 

 into dired contad: with the injured part, not 

 only till the furface is fufiiciently hardened to 

 render a repetition unlikely, but upon all 

 O future 



