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at prefent, mafter of, and would per- 
“haps have been lefs ufeful than a plain 
* deicription. 
‘‘T wrote this hiftory, fo far as it re- 
“lates to the fymptoms and prognoftics, 
“in the year 1748, when we had the 
“* difeafe laft in this place; intending af- 
 terwards, if it returned, to add, from 
“ further experience, the method of cure, 
“ and likeways an account of any other 
“fymptoms which might attend it; but, 
“as no fuch opportunity has offered, I 
* muft now omit that parts However, I 
“hope the defcription which I have gi- 
“ven of this dreadful malady, which fo 
“ frequently rages like the plague in the 
“ fouthern parts of America, is fo. full, 
“ that a phyfician may, from thence, not 
“ only form a true judgement of its: na- 
“ture, but likeways be able to deduce 
“and communicate fome more certain 
* method of cure than has perhaps hi- 
“ therto been ufed. 
“Tam forry I could not give a fuller 
& account of the diflections. of thofe who 
; . died. 
