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edge, or the bafis of the vertical tumor, to the bot- 
tom of the great tumor, is ten inches ; fo that the 
length of both, from the vertex to the end of the 
great one, is about 14 inches : and upon viewing it, 
when he turns his fide towards you, the whole mafs 
is eight or nine inches over all the way ; hard at top, 
and flabby downwards, hanging in kinds of plaits. 
From the eye to the oppoflte outline of the great 
tumor is fix inches j and lower down, from the left 
comer of his mouth to the oppoflte outline of the fame 
tumor, eight inches. The upper fmall tumor, over 
the nofe, is one inch three quarters long by one inch 
and a half ; the middle tumor is two inches long from 
the ala naji , to which it hangs, and of the fame 
breadth ; and the lowefl tumor, fhaped like a goofe’s 
egg, is four inches and a half long by near three 
inches over. 
This man is under the care of Mr. Crane, an emi- 
nent furgeon of St. Bartholomew’s Hofpital, who has 
]ufl; now taken off the lowefl of thefe three anterior 
tumors, and alfo the tumor mentioned, which hung 
underneath to the under lid of his right eye. He in- 
tends proceeding to take off that at the ala naji next, 
and fo on till he takes away all the fmaller tumors 
firfl : afterwards the larger will be confldered. The 
fubflance of thofe cut off was intirely fat ; nor was 
there the leafl fpeck of blood in the lowefl of the 
three fmaller tumors ; but there was an hemorrhage 
from a veffel divided in taking off that hanging to 
the right eye-lid ; which foon yielded to the methods 
he made ufe of, and went on fuccefsfully till quite 
healed. 
It is pity no one of the people of condition in the 
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