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fomuch that the Thigh inftantly became as fmali as 
the other i I put my Finger into the Wound, and 
Found the Fafiia lata quite con fum’d, the Mufcles lay 
all loofe, fo that 1 fairly touch’d the Thigh-hone be- 
tween them, as I would. 
But I fhould acquaint you, that, immediately upon 
the Di charge of this Humour, the Tumour on the 
Buttock was confiderably abated, but there followed 
about two or three Spoonfuls of florid Blood ; i drefs’d 
it up for this Time with a proper Digeflive, and a 
fuitable Bandage *, the Day following I vifited her 
again, and found ihe had llept pretty well, and was 
much refrefh’d, and not the lead Faintnefs had at- 
tended her, during my Ab r ence, which (hews the ima- 
ginary Sjinocope, that is feared to follow fuch, Evacu- 
ations, to be groundlefs • the Day following, tak- 
ing off my Dreffings, 1 found the Limb, in its Figure*, 
bigger than the other } at the third Drefling there 
appear’d a fmali hard Swelling a little below the 
Orifice, which was made by fome grumous Blood 
that lay there, which I turn’d out with my Finger, 
in Quantity about four Ounces, this was follow’d 
by a florid Blood, which much furprifed me \ I then 
judg’d this proceeded from fome Hypogaftrick Velfel 
that fupplied this Tumour, and I defpair’d of _ Suc- 
cefs, unlefs I could meet with this Spring j fo, in or- 
der to it, I laid open the Sinews to the Groin, and, 
though I could not difcover the VelTel, yet I fo fuc- 
cefsfully applied my Aftringent, that from that 
Time it bled no more ^ however, there was, for a 
Week, a great Flowing of a ferous Matter, which 
wholly funk the Tumour of the Buttock and Hip, 
and, by boul ftering and compreffing with fuitable Ban- 
dage, the fo long feparated Cutis clos’d with the 
Mufcles, 
