252 0/ULCERS. 



the natural effed of luch caufes ; fo that 

 the whimfical notions and conceits con- 

 cerning fire remaining in the burnt parr, 

 is extremely abfurd. 



CHAP. XXVII. 



C/ U L C E R S //z GeneraL 



E ilia! I not here enter into a de- 

 fcription of each particular fpe- 

 cies of ulcers, but only lay down fome 

 directions for their general treatment •, 

 by which means we fliall avoid the uiuai 

 prolixity of authors on this fubjed, and 

 yet fnall endeavour to give fo general an 

 idea of the nature of ulcers, as we hope 

 vtill be fuliiciently inftrudive both of the 

 application, and of the proper remedy to 

 each. 



The cure It may be neceflary to obferve, that 

 of fome ^Q j^-,3y often in vain purfue the beft me- 



ujcers m , J ' r i i r • 



vain at- tnods ot cure by external applications, 

 tempted unlcfs we have recourfe to proper internal 

 widiout remedies ; for as all ulcers, difficult to 

 jnternah. |-,^.^]^ proceed from a particular indifpo-r 



fition 



