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thod he has continued for three years 

 paft, eating always a little frefli tanfy ia 

 the morning for two or three months du- 

 ring the feafon of it, and drinking near 

 an Englifh pint of a weak infufion of 

 the dried leaves the whole year through. 

 He has not only kept entirely free of the 

 gout, fince he began the tanfy, but has, 

 ia other refpe(fls, enjoyed very good 

 health, though he never obferved any re- 

 markable evacuation from the tanfy. 



As thefe two patients are well knowa 

 in this city, a good many gouty people, 

 fome of them perfons of difiindlion, have 

 begun to follow their example in drink- 

 ing of tanfy. The method mod com- 

 monly ufed, is, to drink about half an 

 Englifli pint of it at bed time. With 

 fome, it feems to a(ft as a laxative ; with 

 others, as a diuretic ; and, with others, 

 it has no fenfibie operation at all. ' Ma- 

 ny of them entertain great hjpes of a per- 

 ifed cure from this medicine. For my 

 part, I will not pretend to determine what' 

 faccefs it will have. However, I think 

 it is probable, from the nature of the dil- 

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