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of gr unions Blood, and then fomc purulent Matter ; 
thereupon fhc difeharged by Stool above four Quarts 
of well digefted Bus, with fevcral Pieces of Mem- 
braneSy like thofe before-mentioned. The purulent 
Difcharge continued gradually decreafing till the 23 d 
of April. Balfamics, and fmall Quantities of thin 
Veal and Mutton-broths, were daily given. April 
the 29th the Patient was purged with Pulp of CaJJia. 
On May the 3d the Mutton-broth Glyflers were 
omitted, the Stomach now performing its Office. 
The 7 th ten Ounces of Blood were taken from the 
Foot, which brought down the Menfles. The Tume- 
faction and Induration of the Mufcles and Glands 
of the Neck were removed by the continual Ap- 
plication of the Emplaflr. Saponac. And after the 
Ufe of Stomachics , and mineral Waters, the young 
Lady was perfectly cured on the 17th of June 1746. 
and has continued well ever ftnee. 
It may not be improper to obferve, that the 
Stomachy on account of the Number of Blood-vefTels 
it is furnifhed with, is as liable (1) to Inflammations , 
and AbfceJfleSy as any Part of the human Body. 
Thefe are occafioned by a Stagnation of the Blood, 
which, if not fpeedily removed, mud greatly en- 
danger the Patient's Life, by obftrudting the necefiary 
vital Fun&ions of that Vi feus. The fpeedy Progrels 
of this Difeafe, and the Remotenefs of the Part from 
proper Applications, render its Termination moflly 
fatal i_ a n cb_ as. Dr. Mead gudidouily- obfervedy - thefe - 
Abfcejfles more frequently terminate by a Gangrene , 
than 
(1) Boerhave in Aphorifm. deventricul. inflam. p. 228. Articul. 
951. 952. 955. 
