43 8 Mr. nourse’s Cafe , 8ec. 
In a few days, the floughs from the edges of the ab- 
dominal mufcles feparated, and left the fore fo largely 
open, that I could eafily difcover from whence the faces 
made their exit, which was from the middle of that part 
of the colon that lies between the left kidney, to which it 
is attached, and the upper part of the facrutn , where it 
empties itfelf into, and forms the rectum , 
It was exceedingly fatisfacflory and pleafing to obferve, 
from day to day, the progrefs Nature made in renovating 
this formidable breach, and her mean of accomplifhing 
it; for, after a little time, the furface of the inteftines 
looked florid, and began to pullulate, throwing up fmall 
grains of fleih from every point. Thefe granules , daily 
increaflng, united with each other, and after filling up 
the intervals between the circumvolutions of the bowels, 
became one uniform furface; which furface meeting 
with that of the raw edges of the integuments, they both 
adhered together, and became one continued fore. As 
the wound incarned, the facal di {charge leflened daily, 
and about the twenty-fecond or twenty-third day intirely 
ceafed. I now allowed him chicken broth, milk porridge, 
calves-feet jelly, gee. The wound was drefled once a day 
with dry lint only, and in feven weeks it was completely 
healed. 
XXIII. Ext raff 
