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solidation of blood in the part takes place, and this obstruction 

 forces it to flow in other vessels. The channels in the 

 tumour are thus obstructed by the consolidated blood, which 

 becomes changed and contracted, the morbid swelling 

 is slowly absorbed, and a radical cure of this dangerous 

 disease is thus accomplished. The following are examples 

 of such cures. 



Case 1st. — Mrs. S , while one day dressing her child, 



two months old, observed a swelling in the lower margin of 

 the pectoral muscle, near the axilla. It was the size of half 

 an orange, and was supposed to have been produced by the 

 bite of a spider. The tumour increasing, the parents be- 

 came alarmed; and requested me to see it. I found the 

 tumour of the size of a goose's egg, of an oval shape, and it 

 conveyed the characteristic feeling of a large bundle of 

 worms, closely twisted round each other. I recommended 

 an occasional aperient, the most simple food, and pressure 

 with a hollow padded piece of wood, to fit over the tumour. 

 The pad was to be gradually tightened as the swelling dimi- 

 nished. Soon after the family left the district, and on the 

 way up the river, the mother found great difficulty in keep- 

 ing up the pressure from the continual movements of the 

 child. The bandages often became loose, and the pressure 

 over the tumour was irregular. This produced a redness, 

 and increased sensibility of the swelling. Fearful of inflam- 

 mation, the mother left off the pressure until she reached 

 her destination. It was again applied, but with less attention 

 than before, in consequence of the mother being attacked 

 with small-pox. In this condition she was entirely separated 

 from her children for two months. The tumour was then 

 found to have entirely disappeared. Two years after I 

 examined the part, and found that there was not a vestige of 

 the disease left. 



The tumour in this case appeared to have been dispersed 

 by the inflammation producing a consolidation of the blood, 



