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ptom of a fphacelus continued to increafe, I likewife ufed 
the bark externally, in the two following forms, every 
morning and evening: 
Ei Final. Cort. Peruv. Simp. % ij 
Myrrh. Comp. ? j 
Sp. Sal. Ammon. 
Mell. AEgypt. aa. ^ ff. m.Jiat embrocat. 
Free. Cerevif. acid. Ibj 
Farin. Avenac. q. s. coque ad confiflentiam Cata- 
plafmatis , et adde Pulv. Cort. Peruv. ^ j 
01 . Olivar. rec. § iv m.Jiat Cataplafm. 
This treatment foon put the mortification to a ftand, 
and the parts Houghing off largely left three holes, at 
nearly equal diftances one from another, betwixt the fir ft 
opening and the left os ilium , befides feveral ones in dif- 
ferent parts of the belly ; but as the difeharge was immo- 
derate, I looked upon the patient to be in the utmoft 
danger. However, the fame courfe was perfevered in, 
and at the latter end of Auguft another abfeefs appeared 
lower down, towards the right groin; I ordered it to be 
poulticed, and left it to open of itfelf, which it did on the 
21ft of September. I was immediately called to her; 
and, 
