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oily Laxative of two Drachms of Manna , and half an 
Ounce of Oil of fweet Almonds, in Mint and fmall 
Cinamon- water, every four Hours. At firft the Eva- 
cuations were extremely fetid, black, griping, and 
frequent ; but they became more moderate as fhe took 
Abforbents and Diluents ; but yet fo frequent, that it 
was thought proper to reftrain them by gentle Aftrin- 
gents, fo that fhe might be enabled to bear them. Ia 
five or fix Days, the Stools had remov'd the Ten- 
fion, which appear'd on the Belly after the Opera- 
tions ; the Reachings and Vomitings, and the remain- 
ing Symptoms, went off; the Wound digefted well, 
and the Patient continued in a mending and recover- 
ing way. 
It has been obferv'd, that this old Woman was 
greatly afflided with an Afthma \ (he had, at times, 
violent Fits of it, and the 14th Day from the Opera- 
tion fhe had one, with a total Stoppage of the Dif- 
charge from her Lungs, which choaked her upon the 
17th Day. I fhould have been glad to have had the 
Opening of her, but could not obtain her Friends 
Confent. 
This Cafe confirms me in what I have frequently 
obferv'd upon the like Occafion, that as the Omentum 
is the principal Obftacle to the Redudion of the Guts 
in Ruptures, fo it is the Occafion of the greateft Ac- 
cidents that attend that Evil. It wraps up and inclofes 
the Gut prolapfed, like a Net, whofe fatten'd End 
within the Belly ftrangulates the Part detain'd in the 
Rupture without the abdominal Apertures where it is 
confin'd 5 and is produdive of fuch Folds in it, and 
Prefiures of the Gut wrapp'd up in it, as is oftener the 
Caufe of a Strangulation and Miferere mei, than 
