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Some par- 

 ticular di- 

 redions 

 for that 

 purpofe. 



Of TUMOURS and 



prone to encourage, as they keep the fibres 

 too lax and fupple : and which dry lint 

 alone, early appled, as eafily prevents, by 

 its abforbing quality, and light comprefTion 

 on the fprouting fibres. 



Thus, if a hollow wound or fore is 

 crammed with tents, or the drefilngs are 

 applied too hard, the tender fhoots of 

 flefh from the bottom are prevented pufh- 

 ing ap ; and the fides of the fore in time 

 from this dillention may grow horny, and 

 turn fiftulous : nor has the matter by this 

 method a free difcharo;e. 



On the other hand, if fores of any 

 depth are drefl^ed fuperficially, the exter- 

 nal parts being more difpofed to heal 

 and come together than the internal, 

 they will fall into conta6l, or heal too 

 foon •, and the fore not filling up pro- 

 perly from the bottom, will break out 

 afreih. 



Hence we may juftly conceive what lit- 

 tie (Irefs is to be laid on famous ointments, 

 or family falves, unfkilfully appled ♦, for 

 unlefs this due medium is obferved, or 

 obtained in the drefTing, no hollow fore 

 can heal up properly. 



I thought 



