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Rosa Anglica (Author: [unknown])

section 39

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Item if the matter of an imposthume on the surface (?)424 disappear suddenly, it means one of two things: the


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matter resolves itself imperceptibly, or else it goes back inside to gather again in the entrails,425 and that is bad and dangerous; for if the matter turn in again, the fever continues together with the other accidents,426 that the matter gave rise to at first, and the sick man is none the easier; but when the matter is dispersed imperceptibly, the fever ceases and the sick man gets relief.