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departing from the Hofpital without my knowledge, and re- 
turning in fo debilitated a ftate, as fuch an opportunity of 
expofing aliments to the a¢tion of the fuccus gaftricus aloxe, of 
afcertaining the effects of feveral medicines when confined to 
the ftomach, and of making experiments on narcotics, I can 
hardly again expect or hope to meet. 
