324 Afr. cheston’s Account of an 
by the afliftance of a flick, but foon after not without 
crutches. 
' His thigh now increafed in bulk, and became oedema- 
tous; for which reafon another blifter was applied about 
the middle of it, and his knee getting into a contracted 
ftate, a volatile liniment was rubbed on that part. As he 
now could not move about, even with the afliftance of 
crutches, he took to his bed altogether. 
From this time the enlargement of his thigh advanced 
very fail, and his knee became contracted in proportion ; 
fo that the thigh had got into the fame kind of relaxed 
pofition the limb is frequently placed in when the bone 
is fractured. 
Soon afterwards he began to find fome difficulty in 
the difcharge of his urine, which by degrees increafed fo 
much, that the medicines prefcribed for his relief in 
this particular, not having the defired effect,, and lvis 
belly appearing to be diftended from this caufe, a catheter 
was attempted to be introduced, but it could not be made 
to pafs the neck of the bladder: a bougie, however, en- 
tered the bladder with eafe, and fome water came off 
upon withdrawing it. 
Fjom this period, by means of very great exertions of 
the abdominal mufcles, and by occafional prelfure exter- 
nally, he ufed to difcharge his urine; but it came away 
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