310 Mr. H. Earle on the re-establishment of a portion, &c. 
a right application of the known laws of the animal economy. 
Should future operations be equally successful, the borrowing 
from one part of the body to repair the loss of another, must 
be considered as one of the happiest modes of directing the 
reparative processes of nature ; for the closing of large 
fistulous openings in the male and female urethra, must cer- 
tainly be acknowledged as contributing more essentially to 
the happiness and comfort of an individual, than almost any 
other operation in surgery. 
HENRY EARLE. 
28, George Street, Hanover Square , 
March 22, 1821. 
