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the 1 8th from the firft Operation, was of Opinion,' 
that the Amputation was hardly practicable > the Sinus 
into the medullary Cavity (hewing that the Cariofity 
was up to the Head of the Bone but that, if it was 
pra&icable, he thought the Patient had far better 
chance for his Life, by purfuing the Cure in the Way 
he was in. At this time we had but in part fubdued 
the Fungus that was continually fprouting up from 
the finuous Vacuity in the upper Part of the Bone, 
where the Medulla was all wafted, as well as from that 
which was yet growing without the Bone from the 
callous Expanfion the carious Bone was cover’d by: But 
this was fo effe&ually overcome and conquer’d by 
the repeated Application of the adtual Cautery, and 
by it the Bone dried up fo, that, in lefs than two 
Months from its Ufe, all the morbid Bone did caft 
off. 
The Quantity of the morbid and carious Bone taken 
out at divers times, being about 4 Inches of the fo- 
lid, was effe&ually repaired, by the Matter flowing as 
well from the Circumference of the callous Expan- 
sion about it, which all along had fteadied the Pa- 
tient's Arm fo, that he could pull his Stockings on 
and off, as from the Matter flowing from the Ends 
of the Os Humeri into the Cavity formed round this 
incafing or incircling Bone. If we had been linger- 
ing in our Proceedings, it is likely the great Dis- 
charge would have exhaufted the Strength that was 
necefiary to carry on this Cure, before we could have 
got through fo many that were unavoidable 5 and that 
the Flefh growing from the Edges of the external 
Wound would have render’d more painful and dif- 
ficult the feveral Operations on the Bone. By this 
Proceeding, 
