STRANGLES, 281 



ing) Is now difcovered to have formed itfelf 

 underneath the jaw, and in general midway, 

 between the bones, which is at firft very hard, 

 exceeding painful, and vifibly increaling; he 

 now fwallows with difficulty, heaves in tlie 

 flanks, and his whole appearance evidently 

 urges the neceffity of an immediate attempt 

 to relieve Nature from the oppreffion of her 

 own weight. 



The firft objedl for confideration is the ftatc 

 of the fubjecfl : if the evacuations are regular 

 (as they generally are) and the feverifh fymp- 

 toms moderate, (not approaching to violence) 

 let the fwelling be examined, and its fuppu- 

 ration promoted. Firft clip av/ay ail the long 

 or fuperfluous hairs that cover or furround the 

 part, then foment with fmali double flannels, 

 dipt in a ftrong deccdion of camomile, m.arfli- 

 mallows, or rofem.ary, for ten minutes, as hot 

 as can be conveniently fubmitted to, and pre- 

 pare the following poultices : 



Take of coarfe bread, barley meal, and camomile 

 or elder flowers, each a handful ; boil over the fire 

 in a fufficient quantity of milk, or the deco6lion 

 for the fomentation ; into which flir about a third 

 (of the whole quantity) of white lily root, waflied 



clean 



