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Account of a LocJccd Jaw. 



Wednesday morning. 



As 



had been 



ariably 



re- 



quest, that; after his death, his foot might be examined 



The 



skin and cellular memb 



were 



the sheath of the 



family consented. 



removed ; and the nail could be traced 



tendon, which was found to have been perforated ; it did 



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no{ enter the tendon ; but passed hy the side of it to the pe- 

 riosteum of the bone, which it had not affected. 



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Under the tendon was a small cavity^ about the size of a 

 pea, discoloured throughout, with evident marks of previ- 

 ous inflammation. 



The phalanx of the ioQ was taken off j but no further 

 discovery was made. From Wednesday, the 10th of Sep- 

 tember to his death, he never was without some medical 



friend in his chamber. 



And 



from Friday morning, he had 



two, and frequently three or four with him. His situation 

 was such, that without some person well acquainted with 



the profession, his distress must have been exceedingly in- 

 creased. 



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