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highly medicinal, and many of them powerfully 

 so. In every instance throughout this small 

 work, the most implicit confidence may be placed 

 on the operation of the different preparations if 

 administered as directed under the several head^- 

 which should be strictly and minutely observed- 

 tor, on the minuteness and accuracy of the com- 

 pounds, depends much, if not all of their effica- 

 cious medicinal powers, and here, I wish to ira^ 

 press it upon the minds of my readers, for their 

 own particular family benefit, and also that they 

 may not be deceived in the operation of the medi- 

 cine if timely and properly administered, that 

 every individual compound, or preparation, 

 made use of by the authority of this work, must 

 be prepared and compounded, or mixed togeth- 

 er, accordyjg to the directions laid down in this 

 work connected with each preparation, or the 

 responsibility, for the operations, or effects, of 

 such preparations, or compounds, will not be ac- 

 knowledged by the Author: on the other hand, 

 if they are minutely prepared and employed, as 

 therein directed under the proper heads, we 

 pledge ourself for the faithful and efficacious op- 

 erations and effects, of ?nch compounds or pre- 

 parations; as from the long experience and prac- 

 tice of thirty years, we are well convinced, that 

 such preparations are highly useful; and in many 

 cases, indispensibly necessary to the recovery of 

 the sick and afflicted. Iq my practice, I have 



