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the caufe is feated upon thofe internal parts 

 hereafter defcribed in the next article of 

 Glanders, 



The dlforder nearly related to this, and 

 pafling under the denomination of Vives, 

 is no other than the fame fpecies of difeafe, 

 only attacking the fubjedl in an infinite lefs 

 degree; the juices being lefs corrupted in* 

 flammation is not fo readily excited, nor does 

 it arrive at the pitch neceflary to produce fup- 

 puration. The fwellings thus fixed continue 

 iome time in a dormant ftate, the fymptoms 

 often light, and indicating no certainty of con- 

 clufion by maturation or abforption. If thefe 

 fwellings evidently i?icreafe (however flowly) 

 and feem to threaten a difchargc, it is a critical 

 effort of Nature, and muft be promoted by 

 the methods already pointed out. On the 

 contrary (hould they recede and begin to dif- 

 appear, embrace the firft opportunity^ to carry 

 off any ill efFefts that may arife, by a dofe or 

 two oi phyjic ; avoiding, by all means, the ill- 

 advifed method of driving them into the cir- 

 culation by an external application of mer- 

 curials. But fhould fuch a ridiculous cullom 

 be adopted, in compliance with old books or 



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