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active virulence, by the premature applica- 

 tion oi blisters or burninoj caustics. This re- 

 flection renders a former observation of 

 greater weight, by adverting to the necessity 

 of attacking them in their first state of ap- 

 pearance ; when there is not the least doubt 

 but the beforementioned early course of fric- 

 tion, with the mild dissolvents and repel- 

 lents, will, if applied with care and punc- 

 tuality, effect their total obliteration, with- 

 out any perceptible eschar or even the least 

 loss of hair. 



In respect to the auxiliaries of puro'ing 

 balls and diuretic drinks, sliglitly recom- 

 mended by Bartlet, they form no part of 

 my opinion ; nor can I see the least reason 

 for encountering that expense and trouble, 

 as they cannot contribute in any degree to 

 the removal of such substances, so remote 

 from the centre of action, without injuring 

 the general system to a greater degree than 

 adequate to any proportional local relief that 

 can be obtained. But to reduce this mys- 

 terious and technica;l explanation to a more 

 simple and less complex idea, Bartlet's 

 system, may be adopted by those whose cre- 

 dulity c'an conceive that a course of purga- 



