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(which circumstances will not allow me the 

 least reason to doubt) a cure may certainly 

 be expected, provided the attempt is made 

 upon the dawn of the disease ; bat I Avill by 

 no means admit the prohahilltx) where the 

 Oric;inal cause has been of lono' standing' and 

 no attempts made to relieve. A little deli- 

 beration will convince every reader, that a 

 cure can originate only in such administra- 

 tions or class of medicines as are evidently 

 calculated in their operations or effects to 

 reach, cleanse, and remove obstructions in 

 the very remote seat of disease. 



Bleeding naturally arises out of this ob- 

 servation, and must be repeated at proper 

 intervals,* in moderate quantities, till divest- 

 ed of the coat of size and livid appearance, 

 that are certain prognostics when the Imiga 

 are obstruc^:ed either by visciditij or hiflamma' 

 tion. To promote the necessary evacuationsr 

 in the first instance, to attenuate the visci- 

 dity of the glutinous obstructed matter, and 

 to detei'ge the passages by a stimulus of the 

 solids, are the only foimdations upon which 

 the hope or probability of a cure may be 

 formed ; therefore after bleeding, go through 



