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and mutilated, in their transmissions from 

 one author to another^ that it is natural to 

 suppose no true state of either could be as- 

 certained, or any thing satisfactory advanced 

 upon the subject. We have the authority 

 of a century past to prove they are caused 

 by '' the impetuosity of the blood's rushing 

 '' into the lungs," or, '' in the air vessels,'' 

 or, *5 in blood vessels," or, " in tubercles or 

 *' in ulcers," or, '^ in too full feeding," &c. 

 Bartlett quotes from Gibson, who refers 

 you to Markham, or Solleysell, and 

 Bracken to Burdon, and ^o o\\ ad infini- 

 tum. We are likewise told *' the three last 

 '' distempers are in general incurable:" you 

 are then instructed to proceed with mer- 

 curial physic, giving, in the intermediate 

 days, the '^ cinnabar balls: if they fail, try 

 *' alterative pun]!;es ; to these follow cor- 

 *' dial balls, with balsams of Peru and sul- 

 *' phur, flowers of Benjamin, squills, tar, &c, 

 ^Vone to be continued a week or ten days, 

 " another a fortnight, and a third for two 

 *' months, or lon^^er!' When havinoj made 

 this hopeful and expensive tour through al- 

 most all the MATERIA MEDiCA to curc what 

 is '' in general incurable/' you may enjoy 



