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Jng) IS now difcovered to have formed itfelf 

 underneath the jaw, and in general midwayj 

 between the bones, which is at firft very hard, 

 exceeding painful, and vifibly increafing; he 

 now fwallows with difficulty, heaves in the 

 flanksj and hi^ whole appearance evidently 

 urges the neceffity of an immediate attempt 

 to relieve nature from the oppreflion of he^^ 

 own weighto 



The firft objedt for confideration is the flate 

 pf the fubje(fi : if the evacuations are regular 

 (as they generally are) and the feveriih fymp- 

 toms moderate, (not approaching to violence) 

 let the fwelling be examined, and its fuppu- 

 ration promoted. Firft clip away all the long 

 or fuperfluous bmrsthzt cover or furround the 

 part, then foment with fmall double flannels, 

 dipt in a ftrong decodion of camomile, marfli- 

 mallows, or rofemary, for ten minutes, as hot 

 as can be conveniently fubmitted to, and pre- 

 pare the following poultices: ^ 



Take of coarfe bread, barley meal, and camo- 

 mile or elder flowers, each a handfulj boil over 

 the fire in a fufficient quantity of milk, or the 

 decodion for the fomentation ; into vv^hich 

 ^ir about a third (of the whole quantity) of 



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