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may be ufeful to fubdiie the remains of ' 

 the difeafe, and as an external appUcation, 



Mkrcury, if poiTible, ought never to 

 be adminiftered, but under the immedi- 

 ate inlpeclion ot a pei fbn of Ikill ; be- 

 (Caule the patient, by: his own milmanage- 

 ment, may bring himfelf into danger ; or, 

 upon a flight amendment, give over the 

 courfe before the cure is perfected ; and 

 an imperfecl cure gives afterw^ards a 

 great deal of trouble. All the fymptoms 

 appearing again, another courfe of the 

 medicine. becomes necefTary ; but now it 

 will not have fuch a certain and fpeedy 

 effedl, as the body has been accuftomed. 

 to the ufe of it. 



Some very unaccountable notions have 

 been held concerning this malady, and 

 pradices indulged, of which every one 

 fhould be apprifed and aware, as they 

 have a manifeft tendency to propagate 

 the diftemper, and greatly increafe the 

 m?dignity of it. It is imagined, that the 

 difeale cannot be fo eafily and compleat- 

 ly cured as when it appears in the form 

 of fcabs, fores, eruptions, and the like 



dif. 



