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the cauie is feated upon thofe interaal parts 

 hereafter defcribed in the next article af 

 Glanders. 



The diforder nearly related to this, and 

 paiTing under the denomination of Vives, 

 is no other than the fame fpecies of difeafe, 

 only attacking the fubjeft in an infinite lefs 

 degree; the juices being lefs corrupted, in- 

 flammation is not fo readily excited, nor does 

 it arrive at the pitch neceflary to produce fup- 

 puration. The fwellings thus fixed, continue 

 fome time in a dormant ftate, the fymptoms 

 often light, and indicating no certainty of con- 

 clufion by maturation or abforption. If thefe 

 fwellings evidently increafe (however flowly) 

 and feem to threaten a difcharge, it is a critical 

 effort of Nature, and muft be promoted by 

 the methods already pointed out. On the 

 contrary, fhould they recede and begin to dif- 

 appear, embrace the firft opportunity to carry 

 oiF any ill effeds that may arife, by a dofe or 

 two of phyfiC'^ avoiding, by all means, the ill- 

 advifed method of driving them into the cir- 

 culation by an external application of mer- 

 curials. But fhould fuch a ridiculous cuftom 

 be adopted, in compliance with old books or 



ancient 



