very strictly to the Observance of them, and some Historians give us an Account that _Selucus_ made a Law; that if any of the _Epizephyrian Locrians_ drank Wine, contrary to the _Physician_’s Direction, though they escaped the ill Consequents that might have attended it, Death was their Punishment, because they did contrary to what was prescribed them. A Woman about Thirty Years of Age had been for a considerable Time afflicted with a hard painful Tumour under her Tongue, for the Cure of which she had applied her self to various Persons, but without Success. When I saw her I found the Swelling to be hard, painful, of a livid Appearance, and incommoded her so much in speaking, that she could not pronounce her Words articulately. I was of the Opinion of some Gentlemen that had seen it before me, _viz._ That it was undoubtedly _Cancerous_, and as such I proceeded to cure it; but I met with more Difficulties in this Case than I at first expected, for after I thought the _Cancerous Substance_ had been entirely dissolved, and I had reduced the Ulcer to a very narrow Compass, it began to swell again, and in a short Time enlarged it self to almost the Bigness it was at first: This put me upon a Necessity of making an Incision into the Body of the Tumour, that I might commodiously come at the remaining Part, and so dispose some little Dossels of Lint, armed with our Dissolvent, that they might have their desired Effect, and this in every Respect answered what we proposed; so that we proceeded immediately to incarn the Ulcer, which we did by a Lotion prepared of an Infusion of some vulnerary Herbs, and _Mel. Rosar_. Thus was this Woman perfectly cured, and has continued well about a Year.