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Incifions would have To affeCted the Syflem of the 
Nerves, as to have brought back the gangrenous Dif- 
pofition into the internal Pans, and fo have dedroy’d 
the Patient; as M. le Cat fays he has feen it very 
lately happen by the like Practice : Wherefore he lets 
the Matter gather in thofe Sinus’s, till it forms a 
Bag, and greatly thins the Skin, when he opens 
them aanoft without Pain, in the Place only where 
they point. Thefe Openings are fuflicient both f-pr 
the Difcharge of the Matter, and for the coming 
away of the Tendons; which no fooner happens, 
but the Integuments, whether open'd or nor,’ unite 
and cicatrize. Thus, at the End of 6 or 7 Months, 
the Stump itfelf cicatrized, and the Patient yyas quite 
recover’d. : , ; 
So long a Cure could not but be liable to fome 
Accidents: The Patient was one who would induke 
in his Diet, and the Hofpital is open. for any one to 
come in and vifit jtheir Friends : He had feveral drong 
Accedes of an accidental Fever, and five or fix vio- 
lent Indigeftionsj one in July kept him infenfible 
for 20 Hours, and was attended with a Defluxion 
on the Lungs, accompanied with fuch Expectora- 
tions as gave the word Prognoflications. Thefe were 
Incidents which render'd his Recovery the more re- 
markable. He has pick’d up his Flefh, and promifes 
to enjoy a good Habit of Body; fo that probably he 
may live to a good old Age. Several that have been 
cured by the DoClor of this Diforder have lived to 
upwards of 70. y „ 
Thus, fays die, the common Opinion, that it is 
impoflible radically to cure the dry Gangrene, is as 
falfe, as the ordinary Method of treating it is bad. 
He 
