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Mufcles will alfo be affefled, and by that Means the Part 

 . will be rais'd into a large Boil and Impofthumation : But 

 when the Pain and Heat is moderate, it will probably pierce 

 no deeper than the Pannicle, and as the fubjacent Mufcles are 

 but little, if at all afFeded, the Tumors will be but fmall, 

 and proportionable to the Veflels of the fome Pannicle. And 

 becaufe the Irritation made by thofe Knots or little Tumors 

 is not of Violence to affedl and attract the Biood in the lar- 

 ger Veflels ; yet as there is a near Sympathy and ftri6t Com- 

 munication, at leall, between all the adjacent Parts of the 

 Pannicle, any the lead Irritation will eafily affeft thofe that 

 are neareft, and the Malady will be communicated by degrees 

 from one part to another, until it fpread over the whole Bo- 

 dy. Becaufe of the Clofenefs of the Skin to the Pannicle, 

 and the Communication there is between them, the Hide 

 mull alfo be afFe6led ; yet that Intimacy and Clofenefs is the 

 Caufe, in fo gentle an Inflammation, that thefe Knots do 

 not rife equally in all Parts, but chiefly follow the Tra6l of 

 the Veins; the Humour therefore has a greater Tendency to- 

 wards the Veins, as it finds a Lodgment under them while 

 they are full, and elevate the Skin ; and moreover, as the 

 Veins (being only fill'd with a Liquid) are therefore foft 

 and yielding, and may be much eafier prefs'd upon than the 

 fuperior Skin, which is more hard and compa6l ; and it is 

 from hence that a Coid is always form'd by the Humours 

 along the Traft of the Vein ; and as the Swelling increafes, 

 it gathers Strength, and fometimes furmounts the Vein itfelf, 

 fo that the V^ein fcems to lie under it. 



We have {hewn how the Humours thus obftru6led turn 

 to Matter : But the Matter of the Farcin is generally fmall 

 in Quantity, as the Knots are form'd in Parts that are dry 

 and aduft, and where there is but little Moifture ; and as 

 the Veflels which nourifli it are alfo but fmall ; and for this 

 Caufe, when the Cure happens to be ill manag'd, the Ul- 

 cers degenerate into a Caries^ and put forth a Sort of Flefli 

 which is red, white, or yellowifli, accordmg to the Predo- 

 minancy of the Humours, or el fe turn hard and fchirrous, 

 and of liquid Colour ; and when the Lips of the Ulcers be- 

 come inverted, which happens frequently from the Acrimo- 

 ny and Sharpnefs of the Matter, or the frequent Applica- . 

 tion of hot or unctuous Things, they are then faid to re- 

 femble a Hen's Fundament. 



But all this isreconcileableto Vv'hat we have laid down as 



the immediate Caufe of the Farcin, to wit, a Lentor in the 



T 1 BloQi 



