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been inlarged by Incifion, was (lopped up with a 
Tent 5 and the reft of the Dreflingsand the Situation 
of the Patient ordered fo, as to remove from the 
Wound all fuch Preffure from within as might difturb 
the Cure. 
"Tis eafy to conceive that this Operation was as 
painful to the Patient as laborious to me : It was a 
continued Diftection, attended with Danger on Parts 
not well diftinguifhed : It lafted near half an Hour, 
and the Patient bore it with great Courage, During 
it the Patient vomited largely, and had feveral Stools, 
but was foon compofed by half an Ounce of. Diacp^ 
dium, and Emollient Embrocations and Fomentations, 
frequently applied warm on. the Belly: He was 
blooded, and an. Emollient Carminative oily Clyfter 
was ordered to be applied in the Evening; but as he 
was eafy, and the Belly notTenfe, that was omitted. 
He was confined to a very fparing Diet, and his Body 
kept open by Clyfters, injected every 2d Day, when 
Stools were wanted, to prevent (training. When 
dreffed upon the 4th Day after the Operation, every 
thing appeared well, and we had good Reafon to 
hope for a Cure, efpecially as the Difcharge by the 
Anus was Natural. The Tent put into the Abdominal 
Aperture was not removed till the 8th. Upon the 10th 
the Ligature round the Appendix Coeci, where it had 
been amputated, dropt off, and no Faeces followed it 
and as it was then plain they had taken the natural 
Courfe, from that Time the Wound was treated like 
an ordinary one, faving it was obferved to keep a 
ftrong and conftant Preffure over the Abdominal Aper^ 
ture, as well to fence againft the Intrufion of the Vif- 
cera into the Wound, as by a ftrong Incarnation and 
Cicatrix, 
