bouring parts. He laughs at the Precept fo often in- 
culcated, to fufFer the part to bleed freely to difcharge 
the remains of malignity, recommending infteadof this 
his own practice, to apply Pledgits, with fome Arfeni- 
cal Cauftick, and timely to pull away the Efcarr with 
the Cancrous ftrings, which being harder than the fleOi, 
are not prefently divided by the Suppuration. Pa- 
raceljt^ and Vanhelmont his Difciple , boaft vety 
much, fays he , of their Arfenical Preparations , 
and other Mineral Abforbents. Thefe indeed may 
confume the fungous flefti , but the Cure confifts 
only in eradicating the callous body, which is irritated, 
and protudes it felf ftrangely on the injudicious appli-' 
cation of (barp and corrofive Medicines. 
In the year 1^92, the Author cured Madam de N. 
of a cancerous £p»/^.The Excrefcence firfl: rofe in form 
of a Button of Flefh, from the Alveolus of one of the 
Dentes-morales of the upper Jaw, which had been pul- 
led out. This in fome years was grown as big as a 
Goofe Egg, was hard, unequal, livid, painful, and ul- 
cerated with reddifh putrid Serofities coming from it. 
Finding by his Rules the cancrofity not to extend be- 
hind its middle, he pricks the upper part with a fort 
of Trocar^ carefully avoiding the cancerated part, puts 
in his Efcarotick Troches, and ftops the whole with a 
Sponge. Thus the Blood Veflels and Nerves within 
twenty four hours being cauterized, the Mafs began 
to wither,and lofe its fenfe ^ he could cut off great par- 
cels without pain, and after the feparation the reft 
was cured in few days. To (hew how neceflary dex- 
terity is in an Operator, he relates another remarkable 
cafe. M. de K receiving a blow with the Branch of 
a Tree on the upper lid of his Left-eye, had a hard 
callous and painful Excrefcence ; there was a neceffi- 
ty to cut it out, or confume it with Caufticks, The 
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