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inflammatory fwellings, adopt the ufe of very 

 warm fomentations for a confiderable length 

 of time preceding the application of each poul- 

 tice (which fhould be renewed night and morn- 

 ing), and am perfccftly convinced of the advan- 

 tages gained by the pradlice. No profeiTional 

 animadveriion is required to elucidate or juilify 

 this affertion ; the defcribed ftate of the parts, 

 and correfponding property of the application, 

 fufficiently demonftrate the certainty of fuccefs 

 dependent upon the execution ; for the good 

 efFed: of fuch m.ode of treatmenjt is not only 

 evident in an early relaxation of the integu- 

 ment and porous fyftem, but in a gradual com- 

 munication to the feat of inflammation, beins: 

 indubitably calculated to promote, moji power ^ 

 fully y a fpeedy and plentiful evacuation. 



During a perfeverance in this pracftice, it 

 will be found no uncommon circumftance in 

 fuch formations (more particularly in large in- 

 flammatory tumours), for Nature to make her 

 efforts in two or three diftind: places at the 

 fame time, where 00 zings may be perceived 

 from the different apertures ; it will now be 

 proper that every attention is paid to the nature 



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