i6 Of the mmifefi Sigm two Fingers Breadth of each other , but by due Means, both medicinal and chirurgical, the Lad got well from both his Ails together. A certain Merchant had a Carbuncle upon his Arm, a little below the Elbow, but what was moil: unhappy was, that at the Beginning he was fo Impatient of the Pain, that he ap^ plyed a Cooling Cataplafm to it of his own ordering, for fuddenly thereupon it changed into a Gangrene, to obviate which, Scarri- fication was immediately had recourfe to, in the Execution of which, the Surgeon inad- vertently cut a large Vein, which caufed fuc'h a Flux of Blood, as could not be flopped by either aftual Cautery, or any other Means ^ whereupon followed fuch a Sinking of his Spirits, that the unfortunate .Gentleman died in three Hours time. LASTLY, A Carbuncle appeared on the Finger of a young Woman, to eradicate which, we took all imaginable Care •, and all Things at firft feemed to arrfwer our Wi flies 5 but the Uncertainty of humane Expectations ; for the Patient with her old Nurfe Supping plen- tifully upon French Beans, that very Night the Diftemper returned ; and although fhe vomited as much as her Strength would bear, by
