The _third_, a Man aged 25, who died of a Pocky Hectick, and some Days before complained of a painful Swelling in the Testicle, which he said came the Night before. I examined it, and found it to be a _Hernia Aquosa_, and would have punctured it, if I had not felt (besides the Water) a hard Body, which I could by no Means reduce. In a few Days he died, which gave me an Opportunity of being satisfied. Opening the _Scrotum_, and separating the common Membranes to the _Processus Vaginalis_, it contained about 4 Ounces of Water, besides a great Part of the _Omentum_; some Portions of which adhered to the Bottom of the Cavity, and the _Albuginea_ that immediately covers the Testicle. * * * * * It has been likewise thought proper to preserve a _small Treatise_ of curing _Consumptions_ by a new Method, of administring _Specific-Medicines_, more especially _such_ as proceed from _Ulcers_ of the _Lungs_. This excellent Piece was written by the late eminent Mr _Thomas Nevett_, of _Fen-Church Street_, Surgeon. A NEW METHOD Of Curing CONSUMPTIONS BY Specific Medicines. INTRODUCTION. I Remember a remarkable Passage in some _Observations_ upon the _Bermudus_ Berries, by a Doctor of Physic in the Country, addressed to the Hon. _Robert Boyle_, Esq; who professeth he had been for 50 Years an exact Observer of the _Methodus Medendi_; yet saith the Doctor for my part I firmly believe, that (_Universal Evacuations_ being premised) the greatest Cures wrought in the World, are by the use of _Specifical Medicines_. The higher the Attainments of any have been in Understanding, the more freely have they acknowledged that the greatest part of those _things_ they _did know_, was the least of those _things_ they _did not know_; such Men account it not shameful to renounce an Errour, tho’ ever so ancient, when persuaded thereunto by Truth and plain Demonstration: There are other narrow Spirits (abundantly satisfied in their own Knowledge) who believe the _Art_ of _Physic_ hath been taught by our Ancestors, in such an absolutely perfect manner, as that nothing remains to the Industry and Diligence of Posterity; it being too much their Humour to undervalue every Medicine that they themselves are not Masters of, because they prefer their private Interest to the public Good: But in the mean time where is that cordial Love to Mankind, which is one of the Badges of true Christianity? Nay, where is the Exercise of Reason? For how can a Man give his Opinion against a thing that he never _heard of_ before, or at least never _experienced_? I am sure, this unjustifiable Practice is the way to put a stop to all useful Knowledge and Improvements: It is therefore expected from the Ingenious and Candid Reader, that he should