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fion be made at once, and as it were in an inftant, fo as 
not to allow fufficient time for the irritation of the knife 
to take effedl upon the bare mulcles (O. 
(e) See two Differtations, lately publiflied by my ingenious friend Dr» 
KIRKLAND, of Afhby de la Zouch; the one upon the Brain and Nerves; and 
the otlier on the Sympathy of the Nerves, and Irritability. I am alfo inclined 
to think, and not without the authority of experience, that amputation below the 
knee, by the fingle incifion, may be found preferable; obferving what has.beea 
mentioned, and cutting the gajirocnemius mufcle a little fliorter than the other 
mufcles, as Mr. sharp direfts in his Chirurgical Operations, 
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