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as I had done before, and plunged a Lancet into it 
as deep as I could, in order to let out any fluid Mat- 
ter that might be contained therein, but found no- 
thing but a carnous Subflance ; then, lifting up the 
Tumour by the Thread, 1 difle&ed it, with great Care 
and Caution, from the adjacent Parts, as far as I 
could ; in doing this, I found feveral flrong callous 
Attachments on the Side next to the Globe, which 
felt almoft as hard as a Cartilage, and obliged me 
to change two or three Inftruments. I then, with the 
Point of my Sciflars, cut the inward Adhefions at the 
Roots, and brought the Tumour away intire : Upon.: 
putting in my Finger to the Bottom of the Orbit, I. 
could feel feveral hard callous Subftances ftil remain- 
ing; and keeping my Finger upon them, I Aid a 
crooked Needle armed with Silk round the Point 
of my Finger, with which I hooked thofe callous 
Roots; then, making an Afliftant raife the Thread,*, 
and directing the Sciflars upon the Point of my Fin- 
ger, where I felt the faid Roots, with two or three 
Snips I cut them quite away j fo that I left the Bot- 
tom even, and intirely free, as far as I could judge. 
All this while I had no great EfFufion from any Ar- 
tery, but a good deal of black grumous Blood from: 
the varicofe Veflels, 1 drefled it up the flrft time with 
dry Lint, which I did not take off till the third Day 5 
when 1 found a foft Swelling in the Eye-lids and Cm* 
junffiva, with a flight Inflammation, and a Pain> 
in the Forehead. I drefled the Wound with a foft 
Dolfel dipt in common digeflive and warm Brandy, 
and ordered an emollient Fomentation to be. applied 
every two Hours : The Pain in the Forehead, and 
idle Swelling continued for three or four Days, with- 
out' 
