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whilft another prefifes down the Lever, and thus 
makes the Bone come into its Place again. 
Hippocrates , giving the Defcription of this Inven- 
tion, and of its Ufe, acknowledges that this Method 
of reducing the Luxations of the Arm is incom- 
parably better than all the others ; for, fays he, the 
working of it is fufficiently powerful s and provided 
Care be taken to pufh the Lever farther on under the 
Arm-pit than where the Bone of the Arm lies, the 
Extenfions and Counter- extenfions are equal, and the 
Bone of the Arm is fafe: He adds, That by this 
Method frefh Luxations are reduced fooner than one 
thinks, and even before the Extenfion appears to have 
been made ; and that, as for old Luxations, they can 
only be reduced by this Methods unlefs, by their 
being too old, the Cavity of the Articulation be 
be filled up, and that the Head of the Bone has 
formed to itfelf an Articulation in the Place where 
it fell : He even believes, that fuch a Luxation may 
be reduced j for, fays he, What is there that cannot 
be moved by fufficient Forces ? But at the fame time 
he thinks that the reduced Bone will not remain in 
its Place, but luxate itfelf again, and fall back into 
the new-formed Articulation, which it has formed to 
itfelf. 
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(Here follow HippocratesV Words in Latin.) 
€e Hjec reponendi humeri ratio longe optima cen- 
u fetur. Juftiflimam enim molitionem facit, fi vei 
u folum intro magis quam brachii caput lignum 
u immittatur, juftilhmaeque hunt in utramque partem 
“ librationes, & oil! brachii fecuritatem prasftanr. 
“ Recentia igitur opinione citius reconduntur, ac 
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