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Matter, which before was thrown off by the (now 
partly fupprefs’d) Salivation. 
bliders apply ’d to the Neck frequently relieve the 
extreme Pain of the Throat, and Difficulty of fwal- 
lowing which are fometimes exceeding troublefome to 
the Patient in the third Stadium of the Small-Pox , 
by drawing the Humors another Way. Nay, in 
feme, where Velicatories have been early apply’d, and 
continu’d to run extreamly, there hath been iefs Swel- 
ling, and lefs Salivation, than feem’d proportionate to 
the Vehemence of the Diftemper, but without any 
Difadvaniage to the Patients j the Running of the 
Blifter fupplying theDefed of the Spitting. It feems 
then but reafonable, when we exped the Tranllation 
of the noxious Humor to the Hands, which is what 
Nature itfelf afFeds, to endeavour to promote its Flux 
thither, and give it Vent. 
How advantageous Difcharges of this Nature may 
be, I had Occalion fome Years lince to obferve in the 
Cafe of a Lady, for whom I was concern’d, together 
with that worthy and ingenious Phyfician Dr. Sey- 
mour of this Town ^ where, through the prodigious 
Difch^rge of Bliders apply’d to her Neck, Ears, and 
Arms ; as likewife a plentiful Flux of Urine r fhe 
neither fwell’d,nor falivated, through the whole Courfe 
of a very dangerous, confluent Small Pox , and yet re- 
cover’d. 
Any Perfon, that hath been converfant in Pradice, 
cannot but have obferv’d Tranflations of the morbid 
Matter from one Part to another fometimes of the 
greateft Service, efpecially where it hath had a Dif- 
charge. (Indeed, all critical Evacuations are of this Na- 
ture). But I mean, how often hath a Boil, an Impoft- 
hume, or Swelling of the Limbs, been the evident 
Means of terminating a Fever ? This I experienc’d 
particularly 
