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ed with his wonted perfpicuity, but very 

 much contradted his ufual portion of infor- 

 mation ; not condefcending to bellow a chap- 

 ter of more than Jive Jhort fages, merely to 

 explain tlie mechanical part of the operation, 

 the places proper for infertion, an infinuation 

 of the probable danger, and laftly, as every 

 writer has done before, boldly aflerted their 

 univerfal excellence, without a iingle fub- 

 ftantial proof, upon which their reputed effi- 

 cacy can be judicioufly founded. 



*' Rowels (fays he) are of great ufe in 

 carrying off* rheums or defluxions from the 

 eyes; in great fwclhngs of the glands, &c, 

 about the throat and jaws, which threaten 

 a fuffbcation ; or when the head feems par- 

 ticularly affefted, as in the vertigo, or dag- 

 gers, apoplexy, &c. &c. ; in recent lamenefs; 

 fwellings of the legs and heels, attended 

 with a difcharge of thin ichorous matter, 

 &c. ; in large and fudden fwellings in any 

 part of the body; or w4ien extra vafations 

 of the fluids have taken place from blows, 

 bruifes, &c. or when a horfe has had a 

 fevere fall, &c. and in a variety of other 

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