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of the difcharge, to afcertain the ftate of ma- 

 turation, whtth^r it is partial or univerfal : if 

 the fuppuration is perfcift, and evidently ready 

 for evacuation, let a fuperficial inciiion be 

 made in length, adapted to the fize of the tu- 

 mour, and that at the loweft or moft depend- 

 ing orifice (or fituationof the part) that the dif- 

 charge may become the more fpontaneous, and 

 impeded by no obfirudtion. But fuch operation 

 ihould by no means (as is very frequently the 

 cafe") be attempted till the part is properly pre- 

 pared, and in need of affiflance : over officiouf- 

 nefs and eager impatience in counterad:ing or 

 anticipating the indications of Nature, arc 

 often produdive of thofe very difquietudes it 

 is our intereft to prevent. 



Should the difcharge confift of a bloody 

 ichor, or a kind of watery indigefted fanies, the 

 maturation may be deemed partial and ex- 

 ceedingly unfavourable. The fv^elling in fuch 

 cafe is generally hard in one place and pliable 

 in another, the wound (or different apertures, 

 as it may h'z) difplaying a fiftulous appearance 

 that threatens more confequence and inconve- 

 nience than a cafe of tmherjal fuppuration. 



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