Si quis tamen vel digitis, vel aliquo instrumento levi ipsam (materiam aliam) auferre tentâsset, quamvis operatio hæc fieret absque dolore, ea tamen ablata brevissimo tempore peribant ægrotantes; quod præ cæteris in _Petro Soprano_ genero meo observatum est, cui cum hujusmodi mortificatio apparuisset in suprema superficie dictarum glandularum faucium, et palati, ita ut videretur esse maximo respirationi et deglutitioni impedimento, chirurgus existimans posse facillimo negotio a subjectis partibus eam separari solis digitis, levissime quidem eam abstulit; quæ ablata, tantum abest ut juverit deglutitionem aut respirationem, ut utraque potius actio læsa magis fuerit, unde brevissimo tempore miser, meo cum maximo dolore, mortem oppetiit; id quod etiam in aliis quamplurimis pueris sæpius observavi, et præfertim in ejusdem _Petri_ filiolo nepoti ex filia, quinque annorum, mihi carissima, qui post paucos dies eodem modo, quo pater, vitam cum morte mutavit. _Cortes. Miscel. Med_, p. 697. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber's Notes. The original spelling and punctuation has been retained. This Book is 300 years old and the advice given has been superceded by more modern methods and is of historical value only. Italicized words and phrases are presented by surrounding the text with underscores. The symbols for the Apothecaries Measures have been replaced with the full word in Square brackets for yor information, in some cases it has not been possible to replace the symbol with a unicode character. The appearance of these characters may vary depending on the font. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers, by John Fothergill