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every morning in a pail of soft water, and contintt- 

 ed during the whole time ot giving the powders. 

 Should any trifling eschars, scabs, or excoriations, 

 prove obstinate upon any part of the body, they 

 may be washed with equal parts of lye (procured 

 from the soap-boilers) and lime- water. After a re- 

 gular continuation of the alK)ve proportions, should 

 DO considerable advantages appear, the doses must 

 _ be gradually increased of each, from two ounces 



to two and an half; and in another week to three 

 ounces for each dose, of both the composition and 

 the nitre. 



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This distemper is so universally known, 

 that a general description of its most predo- 

 minant features would be a very indifferent 

 compliment both to the time and under- 

 standing of the reader ; suffice it therefore 

 to say, a mere superficial view of it instantly 

 conveys to the spectator a very strong idea 

 of general wretchedness. For surely nothing 

 can convey it stronger than exhausted na- 

 ture sinking under a complication of disease 

 and poverty. And in this case so true it is 

 '' one misfortune seldom comes alone,'* tliat 

 the latter seems in combination to go hand 

 in hand with this distemper wherever it 

 makes an appearance. And as a proof of 



