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purpofe, after the ufe of the injection, let the 

 upper one be filled up with a piece of cork 

 waxed over and adapted exactly to its fize ; the 

 lower one may be filled up with a hollow lead- 

 en tent, and both kept on with a proper ban- 

 dage. 



If this method mould not prevent the granu- 

 lations or moots of flefh, from filling up fo fall, 

 as to choak up the perforation, and by that 

 means hinder the injections paffing freely ; they 

 mud be fuppreffed by rubbing with cauftic me- 

 dicines, or touching with the actual cautery -, 

 as may alfo the bony edges ; which by obliging 

 them to exfoliate or fcale off, will retard the 

 healing. 



The injections firft made ufe of mould be of 

 a deterfive nature ; as a decoction of birth - 

 wort, gentian, and centaury -, to a quart of 

 which, if two ounces of asgyptiacum, and 

 tincture of myrrh are added, it may be as 

 proper as any ; and when the difcharge is 

 obferved to abate, and the colour alter to 

 a thick white matter, the injection may 

 be changed for barley water, honey of rofes 

 and tincture of myrrh; and finally to dry 

 up the humidities, and recover the tone of the 

 relaxed glands, Bates's alum-water, or a folu- 

 tion of colcothar, vitriol, lapis medicamentofus, 

 or the like, in lime-water will mofl probably 

 complet the cure. 



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