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 piece of wood ought to be put into his mouth, in 

 order to keep it conftantly open, and favour 

 the difcharge of the flegm caufed by the in- 

 flammation of the parotid and maxillary glands; 

 afterwards the humour of the ftrangles is thrown 

 off by the noftrils, which fometimes has an ill 

 fmell. 



And as I have remarked that even this way 

 is not always fufficient for the difcharge of the 

 quantity of humours that the inflammation 

 caufes, one may expect that the humours will 

 neceffarily be thrown under the jaws, or on one 

 fide ; this abfcefs muft be opened to aflift that 

 difcharge already begun by the noftrils, and be 

 he never fo ill he will by this means be cured ; 

 but if fuch a depofite of the humours does not 

 form an abfcefs, it is to be feared it will fall 

 upon the vifcera, and the cafe is full of dan- 

 ger. 



In order to relieve him in this cafe, cordials 

 muft be given him to promote perfpiration -, 

 but when all the paiïages are obftructed, as well 

 for his drink as for refpiration, a quantity of 

 oats muft be boiled in vinegar, put into a bag, 

 and applied to the region of the kidnies, cover- 

 ing him up warm, and the perfpiration, which 

 this remedy produces, will promote the expul- 

 fion of the humours. 



What I have juft explained plainly fhews 

 that this ftrangles although mild enough in it- 

 felf, may become very dangerous with refpect to 



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