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confifted in correding the morbid matter, and 

 fupporting nature ; as neither llrength or ap- 

 petite feemed yet to fail, nor had conilant pain 

 vifibly diftre.ffed the patient, or reduced the 

 frame. 



The almoft unprecedented growth of fun- 

 gus bidding defiance to every confiftent cor- 

 rofive caujlicy or efcharotic, I had no alterna- 

 tive to .efteft my purpofe but the edge of the 

 knife; to this never failing refource I daily 

 applied for extirpation, repeating the fuperfici- 

 ,al fcarifications longitudinally and tranfverfely, 

 fo as not only to excite plentiful difcharges of 

 grumous inflammatory blood, but to diiiinite 

 and deflroy the very foundation of this obftruc- 

 tion to cure. After thefe fcarifications the 

 wounds were drefied with the precipitate oint- 

 ment, and covered with warm digeftive, a 

 mode of treatment that foon gave the whole 

 a very healthy appearance, and promfed gra- 

 dual improvement. 



As I have before obferved, the finufes were 

 fo iituated amidft the mufcular and ligamen- 

 tary parts, that inftrumental feparation was 

 not only dangerous but impoffible ; a cure 



could 



