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prevent anyExtravafation from the wounded or burfted 
Gut into the Cavity of the Abdomen. 
That the Cure in the two laft Cafes has been owing 
to a free Difcharge of the Faxes through the Wound, 
and confequently that when in a Gut-Rupture the Part 
prolapfed cannot be reduced, a Cure may be hoped 
for by making fuch an Opening in the Guts, before 
they are intirely fphacelatcd, as may procure a free Dif- 
charge to the Faxes pent in, and thereby fecure the Pa- 
tient's Life. 
That if this happens to the Colon or Caecum, the 
Tube of it will fo far be preferved as to open a free 
Difcharge for the Faeces the natural way; and if that 
cannot be obtained in a Wound of the fmall Gut, yet 
the Difcharge may be fecured by making the Wound 
an artificial Anus. 
That the readieft way to obtain a Cure of a wound- 
ed or burfted Gut, is to keep it in Contact with the 
outward Wound, and the Patient in a very low Diet. 
That the Deligation of the Veflels of the Omentum 
previous to the Amputation of it, being liable to many 
Exceptions, it is more eligible to forbear it, faving 
When the Veflels are large ; for when reduced loofe 
and floating, it is lefs liable to the Inflammations and 
Suppurations that attend the Separation of the Ligature. 
IX. Her- 
