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much difficulty and perfeverance ; from every 

 predominant fymptom (and they were all equals 

 ly violent), I could not entertain a momentary 

 doubt, but the extenjor tendon was as much 

 puncftured, lacerated, or divided, as the diminu- 

 tive iize of the inftrument ufed, and the ob- 

 ftrudlive motion of the horfe would admit. 

 This apparent fad I was induced to believe (by 

 the feverity of pain, and almoil uncommon vio- 

 lence of fymptoms,) that the point of the 

 lancet was broken offm the attempt, and retained 

 in the wound: upon premifmg this fear to the 

 groom, he aiTured me that was not the cafe ; 

 for the inftrument was perfedl njohen found. 

 How that could be, after remaining under a 

 horfe in his litter for twenty- four hours (as the 

 lancet was not produced) will never be clearly 

 reconciled to my own opiniony who have fo 

 conftantly fuch an inftrument in my hand. 



To return: finding the orifice (fmallasit 

 was) difcharge, upon prejfure^ 2l bloody ichor, 

 or indigefted fanies, and the edges to have 

 acquired a very rigid callofity, I determined 

 (that the digeftion might not be a moment 

 retarded, when fufliciently fuppurated for fe- 

 paration) to enlarge the orifice, by dividing the 

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