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ling incrcafed confiderably during the Application 5 
and the Pain became (if poflible) more aggravated 
all over the Hernia , which before was chiefly at, and 
near, the Rings of the Abdominal Mufcles 5 and this 
too, though he took, with an eafy Cordial, and mulled 
Wine, Laud an . Solid, gr. i) 3 iis Horis. Early the 
next Morning I was defired to fee him again; and, 
finding that he had not flept a Moment, the Tumour 
confiderably incrcafed, and excedive hard, though not 
dilcoloured, and the Patient exceeding weak and 
pained, I advifed the Operation forthwith, as the 
only pofiible Means of faving him : But he was un- 
willing to admit of it, and we were all indeed dif- 
fident of the Succcfs. — Whilft a frefh Fomentation 
was getting ready, the poor Man expired in Agonies. 
About an Hour or Two after, we opened the 
Scrotum , which in fo fhort a Space of Time appeared 
all livid, and the Biood-veflels were extremely turgid 
and varicofe. Upon cutting through the Tegu- 
ments, Part of the Colon and Ilium thruft out with 
great Force ; they were both prodigioufly diftended 
with Wind, highly inflamed, and in feveral Places 
very livid. That Part of the Guts commonly called 
Caecum , was blown up into a kind of globular Figure, 
as big as a Child’s Head. It was remarkable, whe- 
ther in the original Conformation, or by the vaft 
Diftention, I know not, that there was no manner 
of Appearance of the Appendix vermiformis to be 
found, though we diligently examined :• And fur- 
ther, that the Cacum was vaftly thicker fet with 
Glands, and they much larger, than I had ever feen 
before in any Subject The Convolutions of the 
Ilium and Colon were fo immenfly diftended with 
Wind, 
