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The only fymptoms to which fome certainty 

 may be attributed are the following: if pro- 

 ceeding from fpafm on either part, there may 

 be frequent^ periodical relaxations that will 

 permit the urine to flow in fmall quantities for 

 a very fhort time, when it may as fuddenly 

 flop i in this cafe the urine will be of its ufual 

 colour, or at times rather deeper, as if not 

 perfedly complete in its fecretion from the 

 blood. In fuch cafe the treatment is exadly 

 as already pointed out ; but with the addi- 

 tional diredions to repeat the glyfter and 

 bleeding occafionally, till the point is carried. 

 The gentle diuretic medicines muft be likew^ife 

 continued at lefs diflant periods -, that is, their 

 diftincft dofes muft be brought an hour nearer 

 to each other, till the purpofe is efFeded; 

 this method being found greatly preferable 

 to the " kill or cure" pradice, frequently 

 producing inflammation, convuifions, and all 

 iheir dreadful conll^quences. 



But where the caufe originates in a palfv of, 

 or ulceration upon, any parts neceflary to the 

 offices cf evacuation, no great expectation of 

 cure can be indulged 3 but more particularly 



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