APPENDIX. 3S9 



one difcouraged from the purfuit of the remedy. 

 Heaven opens to us gradually its favors : the 

 loadjlone was for ages a meer matter of ignorant 

 amaze at its attractive qualities : mercury was a 

 fuppofed poifon, and the terror of phyficians : we 

 now wonder at the powers of electricity, and are 

 dill but partially acquainted with its ufes : the 

 toad, the object of horror even in the mod en- 

 lightened times, is found to be perfectly innocent ; 

 it has certainly contributed to the eafe (and as has 

 been faid to the cure) of the unhappy cancered ; 

 let the following facts fpeak for themfelves ; they 

 come from perfons of undoubted veracity, and 

 will fufficiently edablifh the truth of the beneficent 

 qualities of this animal. 



The firft paper relating to it is very ingeni- 

 oufly drawn up by Mr. PitfieJd, for the informa- 

 tion of Doctor Littleton, Bifhop of Carlifle (now 

 happy) who immediately honored me with the 

 copy. 



Exon 9 Augufi 29, 1768. 



" Your lordfhip mud have taken notice of a 

 cc paragraph in the papers, with regard to the ap- 

 " plication of toads to a cancered bread. A pa- 

 " tient of mine -has fent to the neighborhood of 

 " Hunger ford, and brought down the very woman 

 " on whom the cure was done. I have, with all 

 " the attention I am capable of, attended the 

 C c 3 " operation 



