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they are overcharged, ftill more debilitated j may not a fub- 

 ftance of eafy digeftion, which at once flrengthens the ftomach 

 and nouriflies the body, become a powerful remedy in all fuch 

 cafes ? 



AND if acute difeafes, efpecially of the febrile kind, are fre- 

 quently attended with fymptoms of weaknefs and putridity, 

 may it not be found, from its antifeptic and tonic powers, to 

 be an ufeful corrector of the one, and reftorative from the 

 other ? 



MAY not the fudden change it produced, in the firjl cafe, in 

 the ftate of the patient's feelings, and efpecially of his deep, 

 point it out as of ufe in all cafes of exceflive irritability ? 



MAY not the effect it had in reftoring his ftomach to its 

 functions, recommend it in dyfpepfia ? And may not the vi- 

 gour and plumpnefs which enfued from its ufe, indicate it in 

 cafes even of confirmed atrophy ? 



HAVE we not reafon to believe, that it may be ufed to ad- 

 vantage in the cure of nervous diforders in general, from the 

 manner in which it operated in the fecond cafe? And in the in- 

 cipient, perhaps even in the advanced ftages of phthifis, from 

 the rapid and effectual change it occafioned in the pulmonary 

 fymptoms of the third? 



AND may not its efficacy in the fourth cafe, encourage us to 

 employ it in all cafes of fuppuration or ulcer, in which the bo- 

 dy is threatened with hectic fever ? 



WHETHER all thefe queftions can be anfwered in the af- 

 firmative, mufl be determined by future experience ; and, if 

 they fhould, perhaps the fcarcity of mares milk in this coun- 

 try would greatly circumfcribe its utility. 



HENCE enquiries will naturally be made, whether other fpe- 

 cies of milk admit of a fimilar vinous fermentation, and what 

 proportion of fpirit they contain. As thefe have never been the 

 objeft, however, of my attention, I will here give the fubftance 



of 



