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have recourfe to her former medicines, 

 always indeed with the fame fuccefs of 

 freeing her from the worms ; but ftie 

 has conftantly refuted to take the proper 

 medicines for ftrengthening of her (lo- 

 mach and bowels, and for lelTening the 

 quantity of phlegm in thefe parts ; a 

 pracflice ^vhich ought to be held indif- 

 penfably neceflary after every courfe of 

 anthelmintic, medicines. 



NoTw ITHSTANDING my fuccefs with 

 the above patients, and with feveral o- 

 thers who have been under my care at 

 different times during thefe four or five 

 years paft, for the cure of worms, 

 wherein thefe pills were the only an- 

 thelmintic remedy uied j 1 fhould be 

 very forry to be underftood as recom- 

 mending a medicilie which will anfwer 

 at all times in fuch cafes ', bemg ray felf 

 an unbeliever as to infallible remedies: 

 All I will venture to fay for the above 

 pjlls is, that, where the ufe of them is not 

 forbid by a fever, or fome other dileafe 

 in ^hich mercuif y is improper to be gi- 

 ven. 



