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an unconquerable averfion to it. Being 

 defirous therefore of obviating thefe ob- 

 jeftions it became necelTary to alter the 

 formula, which was done by diflblviag 

 fifteen grains of corrofive fublimate in 

 fix drachanis of common water, firft aci" 

 dulated by a few drops of fpirit of fea- 

 fait, in order to faturate any earth that 

 might be in it, and fo prevent the cor* 

 rofive mercury from being decompofed. 

 In two or three days, a clear folution 

 was obtained ; to which I added as much 

 crumbs of bread as was fufficient to 

 make it into a mafs of pills, which was 

 done in a glafs mortar, the only fort to 

 be ufed for this purpofe ; then the 

 whole was divided into 120 pills, each 

 containing i of a grain. As an anti ve- 

 nereal, I ufed to give 3, 4, 5, or even 6 

 pills twice a day, according to the nature 

 of the fymptoms, the conltitution of the 

 patient, or my intentions in the method 

 of cure. 



These, from experience, anfwer every 

 purpofe of the folution as an antifcor- 



butic, 



