280 ROWELLING. 



and a necessary removal of intestinal obstruc- 

 tions, if they should be found requisite ; I 

 cannot have the least objection to the in- 

 sertion of a rowel, or roweh, provided the 

 patient (in either case) can be prevailed 

 upon to live three or four days, to try the 

 effect of the experiment; and this I admit 

 upon a recommendation in my former vo- 

 lume, that *' increasing appearances of dan- 

 ger must justify exertions of alacrity and 

 fortitude :" Although I must confess my ap- 

 prehension that either of the above cases 

 (unless early counteracted by the judicious 

 interposition of. other administrations) must 

 gain ground too rapidly upon the system, to 

 undergo a sudden change of improvement, 

 by means so very tardy in the effects of their 

 operation. 



^^ In recent lameness/'-— Why in recent 

 lameness, and before any of the milder me- 

 thods are introduced, I am at a Joss to con- 

 ceive ; but upon presumption that every 

 other probable remedy is set at defiance, for 

 the more applicable introduction of rest,. 

 I start not the most trifling objection, 

 convinced it is the only plea that can b^ 



