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turedto diretl my f elf to thofe from whom information of 

 this kind would be likely to come with greateft authority, 

 on account of their immediate connexion and influence. 



The Reverend Clergy will, I truft, excufe my offering 

 a hint to them on this occafion. They are almoft uni- 

 versally perfons of liberal education, and more general 

 knowledge, than falls to the lot ofmoft of their neighbours. 

 Would it not be an agreeable as well as an ufeful method 

 of employing thefe advantages, to turn their thoughts to- 

 wards the praclical part of Medicine? The Natural 

 Hi/lory of the Human Body affords a more ufeful fubjetl 

 cf inveftigation, than is done by ftones,Jpiders, orjhells; 

 and though medicine, taken at large, is an arduous and 

 deep ftudy, yet it is practicable enough to gain fuffcient 

 knowledge of it to be of great fervice in many cafes, efpe- 

 cially fuch as occur moft frequently among perfons of the 

 defer ipt ion here alluded to. The disorders incident to 

 fuch are in general fimple in their nature, and Jeldom 

 exhibit at the fame time fuch apparently contrary, and 

 of courfe perplexing indications, as thofe which are the 

 offspring of luxury and refinement. 



All the dijorders indeed that occur among fuch perfons 

 are not equally fimple, but goodfenfe and moderate infor- 

 mation willjaggeft the propriety of ajking, in fuch cafes, 

 the advice of perfons whofe prof effional education and at- 

 tention has led them to a deeper knowledge of the fubjetl. 



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