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On the 25th of July, the hundredth day after the 
operation, 1 perceived another puftule breaking out 
near the lower part of the fear. I then began to fuf- 
pedf, as there had been a flow of matter from the arm 
for feveral years, that the conftitution had acquired a 
habit of difebarging itfelf at this part ; and attributed 
to that caufe thefe trifling relapfes, as well as the for- 
mer more confiderable one, which the patient had fuf- 
fered. 
From whatever fpring thefe habitual difeharges 
may be derived, and whatfoever may be the reafons 
afligned for the relapfes they produce, it is well 
known that they are fometimes diverted or cured by 
Flues; I therefore ordered a large cauftic to be applied 
to the patient’s left leg. The arm was at this time 
very folid to the touch, but ftill yielded a little to its 
own weight, as the branch of a tree, or a piece of green 
wood ; I therefore had a bracelet of whalebone made 
to fupport and keep it Heady. 
On the 1 ft of Auguft, the puftule, which I had 
perceived on the 25th of July, appeared to be much 
increafed in fize, and was fpread out into fungous 
flefh : 1 p.tfTed a probe into it, and found lome pieces 
of bone bare towards it’s upper part. 
On the 10th of Auguft, a imall fcale was exfoli- 
ated, and from that time the fungous flefh began to 
difappear. 
In September, five months after the operation, the 
iffue afforded a very plentiful difeharge, and had at- 
tradted the humour fo powerfully towards this part, 
that the leg on which the cauftic had been applied, ap- 
peared fwelled and grew painful ; but, at the fame time. 
