170 FISTULA. 



tutes a confirmed fijlula^ and comes dire^^ly 

 under the very method of cure defcribed in 

 the laft article ; with renewed inftru6lion, and 

 remembrance to lay open all fmufes or cavi- 

 ties into which the probe can be paffed, stak- 

 ing care to make no tranfverfe opening acrofs 

 the withers to divide the ligament, but mak- 

 ing the incifions longitudinal on either fide 

 or both, as occafion may require. Should the 

 difcharge continue fluggidi or incomplete, en- 

 large the proportion of turpentine or precipi- 

 tate in the ointment, adding an ounce of the 

 Jpirit of turpentine y if the matter is very ofFen- 

 five; make alfo a confiderable addition in the 

 iinSlures oj myrrh and cantbaridcs to the de- 

 tergent LOTION before prefcribed. When 

 the applications are required to exert their di- 

 geflive powers more effedually, in confe- 

 quence of any particular languor upon the part, 

 or deficiency in the difcharge, let the ointment 

 be applied with a degree of warmth fufficient 

 to infinuate itfelf into the interfiices or open- 

 ings, but not fo hot as to fcald or harden the 

 furface. 



Incifions, or fcarifications, mufl: be made 

 whenever neceflTary, and the callgfities extir- 

 pated 



