PATHOLOGY. 19 



On the actual Cautoy. 



IN using the cautery, Ave have very much th& 

 advantage over those who practise on the human 

 subject ; for we have little to apprehend from in- 

 flammation or fever ; as in many cases it would 

 be impofsible to remove fhe disease without its 

 afsistance : and however writers may attempt to 

 censure its use, by affected feelings of humanity, 

 we venture to afsert, that to its potent effects the 

 most inveterate ulcers, strains, spavins, and li- 

 gamentary lamenefs owe their cure, when every 

 other application has been found to fail. The paiij. 

 It causes is comparatively small, its effects imme- 

 diate and powerful ; and we can afsure the reader, 

 that, when prudently used, it is not attended with 

 the least danger. Jn applying it to the legs, care 

 should be taken not to let the iron burn too deep, 

 so as to divide the skin, and the lines should be 

 drawn perpendicular, about half an inch from each 

 other. 



On Rowding. 



WHAT may be understood by roweling, is only 

 a simple incised wound, (not penetrating the 

 muscle) made in any depending part of the body ; 

 which, by its lips or edges being kept open, by 



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