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fered for the inapplicable introdu^ii^n of the 



ROWEL. 



*' Swelling of the legs and heels, at- 

 tended with a difcharge of thin ichorous 

 matter, &c.'' — I imagine, in fuch cafe, the 

 rowel is meant to be inferted after a non- 

 fubmiffion to the entire dalles of alteratives 

 and diuretics ; whofe efficacious powers mult 

 be too well eftabliilicd by thofe who have 

 experienced their excellent properties, to be 

 entirely rejecfled, without fuch trial as they 

 are juftly entitled to by their rank in experi- 

 mental practice. 



** In large and fudden fwellings in any 

 part of the boc.y/* — This is a recommenda- 

 tion fo vague, loofe, and indefinite, that it 

 will hardly admit of conll:rudl;ion or determi- 

 nation. As ** large and fudden fwellings'* 

 may arife from various caufes, requiring very 

 different modes of treatment, it is natural to 

 conclude, (indeed to prove by practical de- 

 monllration) that fudden appearances muft 

 frequently juftify much more sudden means 

 of counteradlion, than patiently waiting, day 

 after day, for the exped;ed and precarious 



difcharge 



