II. SOMETIMES an _Extension_ or shooting forth of the NAVEL happens to the CHILD, and that frequently to the Bigness of an EGG, more or less; which _Case_ is properly call’d an EXOMPHALON, and proceeds either from the continual _Cries_, or violent _Coughs_ of the INFANT, or from a _Laxation_ or _Rupture_ of the PERITONÆUM, or sometimes from an _Exulceration_ of the NAVEL. IN this _Condition_, whatever the _Cause_ may be, the sooner that the _Cure_ is undertaken, the more easily it is perform’d; for which End, after removing the Causes of _Crying_ or _Coughing_, the relaxed PERITONÆUM may be strengthened and astringed; as when bursten, it may be reunited and consolidated by proper CATAPLASMS and SWATHS; after replacing the _Intestines_ (if fallen down) keeping the CHILD for the most part in _Bed_, with its BELLY always _loose_, and never _too full_. III. AND the same is the Method of _Cure_, in _Case_ of an _Intestinal_ RUPTURE, otherwise call’d ENTEROCELE, i. e. HERNIA; only, That a _Truss_ is now more convenient than a SWATH: However in this Place I would observe that all _Tumours_ of the SCROTUM, are not to be mistaken for the present _Bursten Case_; because the same may also happen from a _Watry Humour_ collected in that Part, which is more properly call’d an HYDROCELE, and is easily distinguish’d from the ENTEROCELE: Insomuch, that, in this _Condition_ the _Tumour_ is most commonly, in one part of the SCROTUM, I mean in its _Right_ or _Left Side_; when also the fallen _Intestines_ may be perceiv’d by the _Touch_; as the RUPTURE or _Hole_ through which the _Intestines_ are fallen, may be by the _Finger_: Whereas in the _Case_ of an HYDROCELE, the _Tumour_ is commonly in _both Sides_, and the SCROTUM is more puffed up, neither is there any _Hole_ of a RUPTURE to be found in the PERITONÆUM. The _Cure_ of which _Case_ depends entirely upon proper _Absorbents_, or _Discutients_, for resolving and drying up the WATER, or dissipating the WIND, and afterwards upon _Corroboratives_ for confirming the _Parts_. But after All, in the mean Time this _Tumour_ is also sometimes, upon occasion, properly open’d by a LANCET to evacuate its _preternatural Contents_. IV. AN _Inflammation_ or _Exulceration_ of the NAVEL may happen to the CHILD, by the _String’s_ falling off too soon, or before it be fully clos’d and _cicatriz’d_; which may proceed from any violent Agitation of the BELLY, by continual _Crying_, vehement _Coughing_, &c. as it also may from an unskilful _Ligature_ of the STRING, or from cold AIR; upon which sometimes follows a great loss of _Blood_, and even DEATH itself, if not timely prevented. THIS _Inflammation_ is known by the NAVEL’S swelling-up, being red and hard with _Heat_ and _Pulsation_; In which _Case_ after appeasing the INFANT’S _Coughs_, or _Cries_, &c.—I would apply to it the _Unguentum refrigerans Galeni & Populeon_, each one half mix’d; or a small _Bolster_ dip’d in the _Oil of Roses_ with a little _Vinegar_.