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and claw tea-table. We now found, that in the night 
the canula had accidentally iliped out of the cyftis; 
and that the operator, in making the fecond or third 
puncture, had fallen upon one of thefe fungous bo- 
dies, which gave occafion to the above-mentioned 
ditappointment. On proceeding to a farther exami- 
nation of the abdomen and thorax, we found every 
thing found, and in its proper ftate, excepting the 
pofterior part of the right lobe of the lungs, which 
was full of purulent matter, and adhered to the pleura. 
I fhould add, that the ovaria did not diftinctly ffiew 
themfelves, fo as to fatisfy any enquiry about them ; 
but this perhaps might be owing to the hurry or in- 
accuracy of the director. 
Whether thefe mifcarriages are fufficient to dif- 
credit a method of practice, which hath the ap- 
pearance of being the moft rational one yet found 
out for handling a dropfy, I leave to the determination 
of better j udges. T he frequent mifcarriages, that happen 
in the ordinary way, feein fufficient to juftify every 
attempt to render the fuccefs of it lefs precarious. If 
any further tryals of it be made, I would beg leave 
to recommend its being done before the vifcera are 
too much injured by the dropfical lymph j and if 
the evacuation be made at different times, with a 
view of preventing a fyncope, (as was propofed in 
the laft inftance) that brandy, or fome fuch liquor, 
properly diluted, be made ufe of inftead of claret, 
which, as I apprehend, by the heat of the body, may 
be apt to turn four. It may be likewife proper, that 
the head of the patient, during the evacuation, lies 
lower than any other part of the body. 
As 
