IMPROVED. 185^ 



pfpednlly In the Maritime Towns ; I fay, either of P^^H'^j^ beats 

 thefe (in a good hand) will do, where a Perfon is not ^'Jjj^ 

 provided witli a proper Pendulum for the Purpofe. 



If the Tumours or Sv/ellings will not give way to 

 Refolvents or fuch Applications as open and loofen, 

 then we are to try fuch Things as will bring the 

 M'tter to fuppurate or digeil : And here it may not 

 lie improper briefly to explain what is meant by 

 tliefe Terms, to wit, Repellents, or fuch Medica- 

 inents as drive back Tumours, ^V. and Ripeners or 

 Drawers, as they are ufually termed : For if a Perfon 

 rightly underfland when to apply either the one or 

 the other of thefe, he will be far above the Reach 

 of our common Fam'ersy who when tliey would 

 draw the Matter to a Head, often through Ignorance 

 apply Repellents, which ( by driving back the 

 offending Matter into the Mafs of Blood ) raife new 

 and freOi Tumults and Commotions, which too often 

 endanger the Life of the Animal. And iirft. 



By Repellents, I mean fuch Medicines or A.ppli- -Rcpc-lients, 

 cations as prevent fuch Afflux of Fluid to any their Man- 

 particular Part, as would raife it into a Tumour or J.^^?j°j^ ^^^ 

 Swelling : But to know how this may be EfFefted, pi^jncd. 

 it will be convenient to attend to the feveral Caufes 

 which can produce v. Swelling, or force out of the 

 A''cirels any of their Fluid Contents, by fome unna- 

 tural Difcharge. 



All Tumours have neceffarily one of thefe in 

 their Caufe, to wit, either an Increafe in the Velo- 

 city or Quantity of the Fluids, or a Weaknefs in 

 fome particular Part ; and fometimes both concur. 



An Increafe in the Velocity of the Fluids makes The Ef- 

 them pu(h more forcibly againfl:, and diflend, all f'^'^;^ '^'^^'^ 

 the Parts in their Circuit : If therefore any Part be y^j^f^^it'y of 

 unequally preffed, or relaxed or loofened by exter- the Fu.ids 

 nal Injuries, (is is the Cafe of a Clap in the Back- explauied. 

 fmews of a Horfe,) that Part will be more elevated 

 than any other ,• and for want of equal Refillance 

 with the Reft of the Body, will at length receive fuch 

 a Quantity of Fluid, as will raife it into a Swelling, 



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