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good digeftion came on, no tenfion at all was obferved 
on the limb, and in this kindly manner we went on for 
three or four days. Though all this time not the lead 
pulfation could be felt on the wounded limb, there 
was always a kindly natural warmth on it, and the 
patient made no other complaint than of a numbnefs 
and deadnefs of his little and ring-finger. 
By all thefe favourable circumftances I was indu- 
ced to hope all danger had now been over, when 
about the fifth or fixth day from the accident, the ap- 
pearance of the wound began to alter, and to look 
of a pale leucophlegmatic hue; the difcharge became 
much more thin and ferous, and very confiderable 
fungi grew out from the furface of each wound ; 
the whole limb both above and below the wound 
became greatly enlarged, the hand and fore-arm per- 
fectly oedematous ; the pulfe quick and final!, the 
countenance, from a frefh florid hue, funk, pale and 
fallow. 
Thefe alarming fymptoms coming on gave me 
the greateft realon to be apprehenfive of the event. 
To obviate them as much as poflible, I ordered the 
cortex both in decoCtion and fubftance to be ad- 
miniftered every hour or two, and had frefn con- 
fultations with the other furgeons. It was not now 
practicable to amputate, as the diflenfion of the limb 
extended quite to the axilla. We therefore con- 
tinued the ufe of the fotus, warm dreflings, See. as 
before j Are wing over the fungi well with the puh. 
angel . Notwithftanding which, they continued to 
fprout to a great height, and, though I pared away at 
every drefling all the dead furface with the knife, 
they baffled all endeavours to fupprefs them. 
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