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but it is impollible to apply it properly. Some- 

 times the fvvellings are hard or fcirrhous. In 

 the firfl inftance the cure is eafily perfe(5led; 

 in the fecond, it is more difficult to be accom- 

 pliflied : but nine times out of ten this difor- 

 der would pafs off with the fame remedy as is 

 found fo ufeful when the gout attacks the 

 human frame, I mean patience, which, when 

 the bead is in queftion, mud be pradlifed by 

 the patient's owner. 



Thofe who have faith in charms follow the 

 bead along the pafture, obferve where he 

 treads, then cut up the fod, and either turn 

 the fward fide downwards, or hang it on a 

 hedge ; and the owner waits with patience for 

 the cure of hrs bead. 



Some apply tar and quicklime to haden the 

 fuppuration of the tumour, which they rub 

 round with a hair rope to promote the dif- 

 charge with expedition. The bed method of 

 treating this diforder is, if the tumour be- 

 com.es ripe, to open it with a fharp- pointed 

 penknife, to cleanfe the wound thoroughly, 

 give it a common dreffing, and let it heal 

 gradually. But that operation is feldom ne- 

 cedary. The 



