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fence it was forced out of its Confinement through 
an Aperture fitted for the Point only and fo 
ftreight, that the Report upon its coming out was 
like that of a Cork out of a Bottle * for though it 
appeared the Opening had occafionally been inlarged, 
as the incrufted Part of the Pin was preffed forward 
into it, yet it is plain Nature's Attempts to get rid of 
it had been fruitlefs, and might poffibly have been 
fo during all the Patient's Life. 
Sir Hans Sloane has furnifhed the Curious with 
Xnftances of Bodies incrufted in the Guts with Stone, 
and of fome making their way out, when there was 
little Probability of it. Daily Experience fhews how 
far Nature will ftruggle to free herfelf, fo that it is 
always moft eligible to truft them to her Care: This: 
may appear from the Difficulties that have attended: 
the Cure of this Cafe, which at laft did not prove 
fo fuccefsful as it was firft hoped for ; for the Pa- 
tient having been remifs in the wearing of his Trufs, 
upon fome Effort the Guts found a way into the 
Inguen again, fix Months after the healing of the 
Wound. This Cafe alfo fhews, that the beft Ope- 
ration, and the utmoft Care, is no Security againft 
the Relapfe of a Rupture. This is the jd or 4th 
Inftance I have met with, of the Infufficiency of this 
Operation to effeduate a Cure of Ruptures 5 and yet 
it is plain, this is by far more likely to prove effec- 
tual, than the Cauftick or any other Method cried 
up for the Cure of this Evil. In a growing 
Age, a good Spring Trufs is an effedual Remedy ? 
and in an Adult, this fhould be the ultimate one, 
though it is no more than a Palliative Cure. 
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