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mon ; nor had it undergone any change of colour. 
To mitigate the pain of the fchirrous, Dr. Lamber- 
gen ordered the following plaider : 
Ung. JDiapomphol. 5 ij. Amalgam, mere, et 
Plumb.' 3 iij. Sperm. Cet. 3 j. M. 
With this external application he preferibed likewife 
the following powders, to be taken night and morn- 
ing, and gave directions relating to the non-naturals. 
Coral, rub. Antimon. Diaphoret. illot . Sper. 
Ceti a 3 ij« Laud. gr. vj. M. for 1 2 dofes. 
Under this method the pain remitted, but the tu- 
mor inlarged, and a little riling was obferved on the 
upper part of it ; and towards the nipple, where 
there was the lead: hardnefs, a fmall fpot was per- 
ceived, which, at the next return of the catamenia, 
inflamed, and became the feat of the mod excruci- 
ating pain. Dr. Lambergen, during this period, in 
the room of the powders, fubdituted emmenagogic 
pills, and ordered the pediluvium. She lod ten 
ounces of blood from the foot : and by thefe means 
the fwelling of the bread diminifhed, and the pa- 
tient buffered very little for fome days. This truce, 
however, was but temporary : the riling on the upper 
part of the tumor began to inflame, itched intoler- 
ably, the pain returned, was almod perpetual, and 
infupportably pungent. 
In this dreadful date was the patient, when Dr. 
Lambergen defired the late Dr. du Bois, Dr. Winter, 
phyfician to the houfe of Orange and profelfor at 
Leyden, together with Dr. Van Arum of Leewarden, 
phyfician in ordinary to the Princefs dowager, to 
vilit her. Thefe gentlemen examined her many times, 
and unanimoufly agreed, that it was now no lei's than 
7 a con- 
