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hoarfenefs, without bleeding or blifter^ 

 ing, I ordered the decodlion of the bark 

 tvith vinegar, which 1 had found anfwer 

 fo well on former occafions. 



I added the vinegar at firft, to prevent 

 any bad effeds from the fuppofed aftrm- 

 gent quality of the bark; and finding 

 the medicine fucceed, I made no altera^ 

 tion afterwards, though it is probable 

 that the cures were owing to the bark: 

 alone ; fince, in the firft of thefe cales of 

 the hoarfenefs, the vinegar had no efFecl 

 without that medicine. 



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