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funk under them: However, this feverc Evacuation 
was timely conquered by Abforbents and Diluents : It 
took off the remaining Tenfion of the Belly, and all 
Vomitings 5 and as from this Time the Fxces had a free 
Difcharge the natural way, and the Difcharge through 
the Wound decreafed in proportion, fo the Wound 
in the Gut, and the external Wound in the Integuments 
were healed up in about three W eeks, in fuch Man- 
ner that the Patient has ever fince enjoyed a moft per- 
fect Health. 
Observation IV. 
It happened that I was not a meer Stranger to the 
principal Circumftances of this Gafe, as in the Year 
1716 I had attended fuch another with the late Mr. 
Lafage, Surgeon, viz. Mifs a Girl about four 
Years of Age, in whom the fame Caufe had produced 
the like E fleets ; for upon a Suppuration of the Omen- 
tum ftrangulated in the Navel of this Patient, the 
Fxces detained in the neighbouring Gut had in like 
Manner forced their way through the Navel : The 
Accident previous tothe burfting, and fubfequent up- 
on it, having been nearly the fame as in the former 
Obfervation ; only the Cure proved fomewhat more 
tedious, for the Wound was kept open by Currants- 
feeds frequently working their way out at the Navel: 
for about 1 2 Months after ; when it was made com- 
plete : fo that the Hardlhips the Patient has undergone 
fince in Child-bearing, and feveral hazardous Labours, 
have not been able to difturb it. 
Hence it appears, that the Parts inflamed and in Con- 
tact have been coalefced and knit together, fo as ta 
prevent 
