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The Subject was not fuch as one would chufe; he 
had a ftrong Fever, and was blooded twice the Day 
of the Operation. 
The fecond Day he complain'd of great Pain about 
the Hips } which, as he would not lie on his Belly, 
I attributed to the Urine got into the cellular Mem- 
branes, and beginning to hurt the Parts adjacent to 
the Bladder. As the Fever, and the other Accidents 
which the Patient complained of, were attended 
with a Cold over all his Body, and a Palenefs of his 
Face, I bled him no more jbut put him into a warm 
Bath at Eleven in the Morning. He had a Clyfter 
given him at Four in the Afternoon, and at Night 
he was bathed again. He was put in on his Back 
with the Wound bare, that the Water of the Bath might 
enter in j and, when he was put to Bed, he was defired 
to lie on his Belly. 
The third Day in the Morning, as the Symptoms 
were not ceafed, he took a Clyfter, and was bathed 
at Eleven o’ Clock, and again at Night. 
The fourth Day he was bath’d once more. He 
flept therein half an Hour, and the Symptoms abated. 
This Method of bathing might feem ftrange to 
Practitioners 5 but I have ufed it for many Years with 
SucceE in Cafes like this. The firfl: Year that I tried 
it, I gave an Account of this Pradice to the Royal 
Academy of Sciences. 
The fifth Day my Patient was upon the mending 
Hand ; and he lay regularly on his Belly. 
The feventh Day the Accidents quite difappeared. 
The fifteenth Day he was purged. The Wound 
was almoft clofed ; he made Water pretty eafily 
thro’ the Urethra Bur, what was fingular, in order 
to 
