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Thus much by way of INSTRUCTION 

 for CURING, what may moftly be prevented 

 by a very moderate (liareof care and attention, 

 or, more properly fpeaking, an exertion of that 

 reaibn, generally diftinguiflied by the appella- 

 tion of ^d?^;;;;(?;zy^>^/^. Let it be remarked, 

 the frequent application of repellents is a pal- 

 pable abfardity, unlefs in an early ftate of the 

 fwelling, before the veliels are fufficiently 

 bruifed and inflamed to eje6l the fluids that, 

 becoming extravafated and flagnant, form the 

 tumour; which, being once accumulated, is 

 too vifcid in fubftance, and large in quantity, 

 to be again rarified and abforbed into the cir- 

 culation. The fwelling, being too far advanced 

 to admit a hope of repulfion, fhould be pro- 

 moted by foftening poultices (as will be par- 

 ticularized in the next clafs, under the dif- 

 culTion of tumours); the courfe 6f fuppu- 

 ration will then go on in a natural way, tlie 

 concodlion will be perfed, and the difcharge 

 confequently effecluai. Upon its firft rupture 

 or breaking, the orifice from which the matter 

 cozes will be but trifling: this fliould be im- 

 mediately enlarged, as much as is neceffary 

 for the difcharge and admiffion of applications. 

 If the ufual method of infmuating a tent is 



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