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scanted with his wonted perspicuity, but very 

 much contracted his usual portion of infor- 

 mation ; not condescending to bestow a chap- 

 ter of more than jive short fages, merely to 

 explain the mechanical part of the operation, 

 the places proper for insertion, an insinuation 

 of the probable danger, and lastly, as every 

 writer has done before, boldly asserted their 

 universal excellence, without a single sub- 

 stantial proof, upon which their reputed ef-^ 

 ficacy can be judiciously founded* 



'^Rowels (says he) are of great use Jn 

 carrying off rheums or defluxions from the 

 eyes ; in great swellings of the glands, &c. 

 about the throat and jaws, which threaten 

 a suffocation ; or when the head seems par- 

 ticularly affected, as in the vertigo, or stag- 

 gers, apoplexy, &c. &c. ; hi recent lameness ; 

 swellings of the legs and heels, attended 

 with a discharge of thin ichorous matter, 

 &c. ; in large and sudden swellings in any 

 part of the body ; or when extravasations 

 of the fluids have taken place from blows, 

 bruises, &c. or when a horse has had a 

 severe fall, &c. and in a varietv of other 



