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no3 Cerophulou! foom to gain the lean .dvant2ge froOl phy. mon eert.inly a d'geCli"e. finee it I,.rdly

"er

r.ils to m. k.

{ic; for

in their beginDlngs

they

havc fOmClim!5 becn

ve.ry

rhe uleer

yic:Jd

a Ihick nutter in

lwenty-rour

hcurs, v.hich

much relieved , or curen,

rll.livation.

or ""Y othe.revacua-

difchu¡ed

thin

<;me befare the ;¡pplic:llion of it.

tion, they are alfo often irritated Olnd made

worre~. by

the.m;

the ulccr lhould be of (ueh a

niuure

25 tO

procluce '"

fo Ihat ihere is nothing very cenain in thct!fLlts

violen, fpongy

fl C01,

fprout,ng vcry high al>o\'c

lhe

(ur/;\Ct: ,

wdl

medIcines in thefe dillempers . . Upon ,he

whole,

in both be

necdruy

denTay il by fome of Ihe cfcharoTicks, or Ihe

Ih dc cafes, the

rndk_ciict, and

gemle purgincs with manDa, knifc.

Thí,

rungus differs very much from Iha!

bdon~ing

2nd the waters, f"etm to be" moll eflicacious ; though bllO, he"linl! wounds, bei ng more emlnent and lax, ano

g~nt'l fi hy

methods may be ufed with'more faft!yii n ,he eVII than

lhe

on:: mafs; whereas the olher is in liule ditltn{1

flOlllbt.·

cancer; and Comelimes, particularly io young rubjeéls, the noces. It approachcs often towarÓ'a cancerous cC01plcxlon.

decoélion of (he woods is roxt remely beneficial for Icrophu- and whco il riCes upon Come gl.,nds does ..

e u:ill)'

drgcneT íllc

lous

UICHS:

but it has lately beeo a[telled by men of grear {ometi01es into a cancer. \Vhen

thefe

excrefcences have

ari~

llcilJ

and veracity, that fea-water is morro powerful than any fen in venereal ulcers, eCcharollck, (hould be íl!,plied. T hrlle

other remedy hitherto known, bOlh for fcrophulous uleers, in ufe, are the

Vi/r;ol,

thc

LuntJI' Caujlu'l

IlIt

La/,i}

IlIfa-

and fcrophul ous luOlOUrl.

na/il,

and more gener.lly tl,e red

Pr('ciplt(J/~

powder.

'Vhen aD ulcer becomcs roul, and d,fcharges a narty thia

is but (e1dom, that thele lO\'tlenlte fu ngutes appear on

ichor, (h¿ edges of ¡t, ie proccfs of time, tuck in , and Crow- an uker; blll

is ver)' ufu..1 fo r thore of a mlldcr, kind

ing lkinned and hard, gi'fc il the Dame of a callou$ uIcer, rife,

~Ihich

may orten be made tO fuGde willl prdrure, and

which, fo long as lhe edgt's contioue in that (tate, muO ne- the u(e of mild cfcharoticks: however, if the afprtLof the

cdr.lrily be preve: Dted from he:aling : BUl we are not imme· fore. be ""hite ótnd rmooth, as happens in ulcers accompanicd

diately lOddlroy the lips of

¡t.

in expe8atioD of a ruddrn ",ith a dropfy. and often io young women with ob(ln,{1loM,

curej for while the nnlignity of Ihe uleer remains, wlllch il will anfw"rno porpofe tO w..ne the excrefcenccs, unlil the

"'as the occaGon of {he calloGty, fa long wilI the ncw lips con(lilution is repaired, when mofl: probably IIh'y wdl fin k

be fubje8: to a rrlapCe of lhe fame

~ind.

however ofteo the without any affil1:i1 nce. ]n ulcers alfo, where the fuhjilcent

external furrace oflhem be deftrllyed : fo that whco we have bone is carious, creat quantities of loofe flabby

Adh

",dI

~row'

to deal with this circumtlance, ""e are tO endeavour

bring up above the Icvd of the

n~in:

bm as lhe caries!s lhe caufe

the body of the uleer ioto a difpofiti on to recover by other of (he diforder, it will be in vain

expel\ a cure of the

method,.

fometimes happens. to poor laborious people. cxcrefcc:nce, ontil the rotten pan

the

bon~

be rCInO–

\l/ho bave

001

beeo ¡¡¡ble to afford themCeh·c5 reO,

th~1

Iying 'fed; and every auempt with dcharolicks will be only

:l-bed will in a {hon tirae gi,e a diverCion lO the humours of rcpetition or pain to lhe p..tient wlthout any advant:lge.

Jhe

pUf,

aod Ihe

Cl!10US

edges foft ening. will without any

When the excrefcence is canccrous, and does nal ri fe

great affifiance (hoot out a cicatrix, when the ulcer is grown frum a Jarge cancer, but onl y from Ihe lki n ¡t

(el

it hots

clea!) and 611ed with good

fl('{h :

the ciFra of a falivation is bet n ufual

recommend Ihe aéluilI cautery; but it is better

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generalIy the fame; and even aD ¡crue does fometimes dif- cut away quil. underneath, ano drel" aC,erwards \Vith ca ry

poCt a Deighbouriog ulcer 10 heal : bUI though call ofities be applications. As to lhe treatment of incu rable cancerous ul–

frequently foftened by thefe

mcans,

yet wheo the furfa ee eeratioos, after much trial, furgeollS have

JaU

difcovc:red ,

of the ulcer begins to yieId tbiek mauer, and liule

gr~nula-

tha what gives the moll eafe to the fMe is Ihe mon fuitablc

tiaos of red flefb !haot up, il will be proper

quieken aature applieation

and thererore the ufe of erduroticks is not ro

dcnroying lhe edges of it, if (hey rromaín hud. The be admiued on any pretcoce wharfoever; nor in Ihofe pHU

manner of doing Ihis, is by touchinf them

few days with of a caneer thal are

c~orroded

inlo c.JVities. muH Ihe precir i–

the Junar cautlick. or

lopit

inf una/il;

;lnd fome chufe to tate be made ufe of to procll rc digdlion, or promote::

Ihe

cut them off with a knife:' bUl this lall Olerhod ¡s Tery p.lin- feparalioe of the Ooughs . T he bdl

w~y,

Iherefure, is

fuI , and not more

rfficaeious ~

though u'hen Ihe lips do not be guided by the patienl what mcdicille tOcontinue. T ilofe

tuck. down cIo(e to Ihe ulccr, but han& loore ovc:r il, as io ufl1ally prefcribed are prepar3tions from Ic"d ; but what w.e

fome.fenerc:.1 buhoes, wherc the mal ter lit s a grc.1t way unda h:\ve found 010rl beneficial, have bren fom etiOlC! dry linl

the cdgc:s of Ihe Ikin. lhe eafiefl method is cuttinc Ihero off alone when it does

nOI

flick

lhe cancel' :

olher

timt~,

Wifh the fciU"ars.

liRt dorTils fpread Wifh

Dajilicon

erra/ .

de L..pid. Cal.,,".

To digelt (he uleer, or to procure good matter rrom it and oftcner than either wit h a

CUdU

maoe of oil and

W;¡ X ,

when in a puuid

(la.te,

there are an infinilYof ointments or the

Sprrm. Crt.

oiotmt"nt: and over 311, a pie 'git of

t("w

inveoted¡ but Ihe

B4}ilicop F/avum

"Ione, orfofteneddown (pread wirh Ihe ("nle

EmbrQCil ting the

nei~" r.Ollring n~i n

{ometi mes Wilh turpel' tines, and fomelimes mixt up with alld edges ofil \Vilh nli:k is af fervice; but Ihe ... hlcf good

díffereot proponíons of red prtcipitate, fcems tO ferve the is

b~ ~c'1l1ired

bydlet. which !hould be al{(lgether uf mi!!:

purpofes of bringing; an ulcer on to eicatriCadon as well as and things made of milk, Ihough herbar,e may be admittc d

any of rhe olher, . Wheo the ul; er is ¡ncarned, the cure alfo. IlJ'lles in the Ihouldt:rs or thighs do :l!fo ?1I: \'iatc thp.

may be nnifhed as in olher wouf1c1s; or if it do not cic"' rife fymp,onls : and mano", Wilh the

pllq~ing

wlters. nllce. ur

kindly, it

m~ y

be wanled with

Aq. Ca/cit.

Aq. Phag.

perh~ps

twice '" weck. \ViII ferve

kecp thc l-ndy roo!.

drelTed Wilh a. pledgiLdipt in

ri"n.

M )'I'rytr:

and if exco-

When uleen or abfce ffl's are

aecompar.io

!o with ir..fhlll1nQ ·

riations are

fp re~d

round the ulcer, they m;ty

anoin tcd tion and pain, theyare tO be affi(lerl wilh fOrtlrnt:iltÍort!':

1llí'~~C

with

S/'UIIJ. Cd.

ointment, or

Un.i?urn/ . N u/ri/ lIm.

al (ome ofthe ory hcrbs, fuch

Roman wormwooo. ha)'–

• T he

R~' Prccipi/u/~

lus oflate:: ycars acC]ui red lile credit It aves, and rofcmHy: ar.d wht:n thcy are vel y putl id

;u,J

dt'rervts. for the cure of ulcers: but by hllinp into general corrofive which circumOaO'C'(s give d\(m the n:¡mr

(tf

ro,d

llC(,· is vcry often un{l<ilfull y appliecf: when

nlix~d

wilh Ihe

ph,, ~:rdl'nirk

11 lccrs,

f(.OlC

fpirits or "¡oro 111, ulJ he a,'d"d

Duji/ic1n.

or, ""hat is ncatcr, a crrare of wax

",~d

oil, it is

lhe

rt;:n~ntation,

ar..J the

band~ r.e

:'1110 di

Lr.\lh·y

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