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In this cafe it will be but candid to point 

 out the probable difficulties that may occur 

 in fach earneft attempt to obtain a radical ex- 

 tirpation ; for, notwithftanding the theoretical 

 plauiibiiity of this fyfteni, fome inconvenlen- 

 cies may poilibly occur, and a fatisfadlory cure 

 not enfue 5 in fuch inftance the remedy will 

 moft affu redly prove worfe than the difeafe, 

 and there can be no doubt but a prudent or 

 compaffionate man will much rather fubmit 

 to a flight and almoft infignjficant inconve- 

 nience, than encounter by the attempt an evil 

 of much greater magnitude. 



Should, by any mifmanagement in the ope- 

 ration or want of dexterity in the operator, 

 the tendon be at all injured, lamenefs may be 

 the inevitable confequence ; fhould the edges 

 of the feparated parts not difplay a tendency 

 to uaion, but, on the contrary, become difpofed 

 to foulnefs, engendering yz/;7j?/j, it may dege- 

 nerate to 2ijiJluloii5 ivoujidy and be ultimaiely 

 produdlive of infinite trouble and confider- 

 able expenfe. Thefe attendant evils upon the 

 experiment thus pointed out and taken into 

 confideration, it will then become worthy the 

 attention of the owner, whether the gentler \^ 

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