98 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 17'25. 



tained in a meliceris, but the opening was so small or closed, that he coulcl 

 not enter a probe ; however, though she seemed ready to expire, yet, at the 

 desire of her parents, he opened this tumour with a lancet, making an incision 

 about li inch long, through which poured 3 pint basins full of matter, besides 

 several smaller, which together contained about 5 quarts. It was very foetid, 

 and bloody towards the latter end of this discharge ; upon this, the tumour 

 wholly subsided, insomuch that the thigh instantly became as small as the 

 other. He put his finger into the wound, and found the fascia lata quite con- 

 sumed ; the muscles lay all loose, so that he freely touched the thigh-bone be- 

 tween them. 



Immediately on the discharge of the matter, the tumour on the buttock was 

 considerably abated, but there followed about 2 or 3 spoonfuls of florid blood. 

 He dressed it up for this time with a proper digestive, and a suitable bandage. 

 The day following he found she had slept pretty well, and was much refreshed, 

 and not the least faintness had attended her; which shows the imaginary syno- 

 cope, that is feared to follow such evacuations, to be groundless. The day 

 following, taking off the dressings, the limb was larger than the other. At 

 the third dressing there appeared a small hard swelling a little below the orifice, 

 which was made by some grumous blood that lay there, which he turned out 

 with his finger, in quantity about 4 oz. ; this was followed by a florid blood. 

 He judged this proceeded from some hypogastric vessel that supplied this 

 tumour. He then laid open the sinews to the groin; and, though he could 

 not discover the vessel, yet he so successfully applied an astringent, that from 

 that time it bled no more; however there was for a week a great flowing of 

 a serous matter, which wholly sunk the tumour of the buttock and hip, and, 

 by boulstering and compressing with suitable bandage, tlie so long separated 

 cutis closed with the muscles, and all things, in about a fortnight, seemed 

 to be in a fair way of healing, yet it was near 3 months, before this cure 

 was completed. 



But still, for a fortnight after the opening of the thigh, the tumour on her 

 back continued, and she was much straitened for breath; saying, if that was 

 opened she should be presently relieved; this tumour Mr. A. then opened, and 

 there issued out about 2 quarts of matter, or rather more. He entered a probe, 

 and found it penetrate into the cavity of the thorax, between the second and 

 third spurious rib, reckoning from beneath, on which she respired with all 

 freedom ; but there was a halitus at this wound. He continued to dress this, 

 and believed, before this tended towards healing, not less at times than a gallon, 

 or rather 5 quarts of matter, was discharged. And when he thought all was 

 over, it filled again, the external tumour became almost as large as before, and 



