. A treatise on the following chirurgical subjects : Chap. I. On ruptures. II. On fractures of the skull. III. On fractures simple and compound. IV. On amputations. V. On some African distempers. VI. Of luxations. VII. On the venereal disease. but where it is weneed not fpare, cut at fmall Diftances,and to the Quick, how deep foever, itmakes Room for Medicines reachingwhere they can ftimulate and excite,to thru ft off the Cadaverous. Actual Cautery is the laft Refuge, andis without all Doubt, the beft Means canbe ufed to refift Putrefaction: To makeit anfwer our Hopes, we ftiould apply it till
. A treatise on the following chirurgical subjects : Chap. I. On ruptures. II. On fractures of the skull. III. On fractures simple and compound. IV. On amputations. V. On some African distempers. VI. Of luxations. VII. On the venereal disease. but where it is weneed not fpare, cut at fmall Diftances,and to the Quick, how deep foever, itmakes Room for Medicines reachingwhere they can ftimulate and excite,to thru ft off the Cadaverous. Actual Cautery is the laft Refuge, andis without all Doubt, the beft Means canbe ufed to refift Putrefaction: To makeit anfwer our Hopes, we ftiould apply it till ( 176 ) till its ErTecT reaches the quick Parts,and all the nafty foul Sanies bred fromthe cadaverous Flefti, is in a Mannerdrydup^ then Nature immediately com-mences her Efforts for feparating theQuick from the Dead, which, with lefsSuccefs, me would contend for, if thecauterizing were done by halves. When we have ufed the Iron, we af-fift Natures Endeavours for a Separa-tion, by fcarifying through the Depthof the Efcbar, and dreffing thofe Inci-fions with Lenients and Digeftives,ufing to the whole, Fomentations andCataplafms as before: If we fail of ourEnd, after thefe Tryals, I fee nothingremains but the Operation CHAP- ( l77 ) CHAP. V. ^Journal of the SICK onthe Coaft ofGuiNET, AVING been in a Ship ftation-ed above twelve Months on theCoaft of Guiney, I have dige-fted fuch Obfervations, both ofthe Country, and our Sick in particu-lar (whether Europeans or Natives) inthe enfuing Sheets as may, perhaps, benot unworthy the Notice of thofe whofeFortune may carry them in the fameTrad. The Coaft of Guiney laying fo nearthe Equator, muft of courfe be veryhot, but there are two Advantages metthere, which are a fort of Counterpoizeto the Suns Vicinity, and makes it lefstroublefome or hurtful than one wouldexpeft, viz. the Breezes from Land orSea, that conftandy fan upon us, (Calmsbeing rare and of (hort continuance )and fecondlv, the Thicknefs of the An\N the
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