SUPPLEMENT. 439 



This was the exadt ftate I had reafon to be- 

 lieve I fhould find it in, from every external 

 appearance and examination ; for^ upon taking 

 off the pellick from any ' particular puilule, I 

 obferved the difcharge to be of gkitinous con- 

 iiftence, putrid, and offenfive, very different 

 fromi what wc fom^times find an aa^imonioiis 

 ichor. As a preparatory ftep to the introduc- 

 tion of medicine, I inilantly altered the regimen 

 to warm maflies three times a day, with hay in 

 fmall quantities, and one ounce of nitre dif- 

 folved in both the morning and evening por- 

 tions of water, making two ounces for every 

 twenty-four hours : during this mode of com- 

 mencement, I perceived the off leg behind to 

 fwell fo rapidly, from the footlock joint to the 

 ftifle, and throw out fuch a general fulnefs, 

 particularly on the infide the thigh, that I could 

 not entertain a momentary doubt but a critical 

 formation of matter would inevitably take 

 place. To promote which, with all poffible 

 expediton, I encreafed the fapport, by fab- 

 ftituting plenty of corn for the maflies, and 

 called in the additional aid of ftrong and fre- 

 quent fomentations, hot as could be ufed with- 

 out injury (with two large pieces of fponge 

 F f 4 alternately) 



