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and the still more ridiculous diseriminatioii 

 by which they ^ve pretended to be brought 

 about. They are so truly puerile and miga- 

 tori) that a medical man may (with as much 

 appearance of truth and reason) madly at- 

 tempt to justify the absolute existence of 

 seven kinds of small-pox, or measles, according' 

 to their different staoes*br gradations. The 

 true state of his representation (divested of 

 its necejisarj/ ambiguity) \^ plainly this ; he has 

 mutilated, separated, and complicated, ' a 

 variety of symptoms, endeavouring to form 

 distinctions that may keep up the farce, and 

 support the opinion he adv^ances, v> hich nei- 

 ther the cavse or circumstances will admit; 

 for the obtruding penetration of any profes- 

 sionist instantly plucks oft' the mask of spe- 

 <:ulation, and the intentional deception re- 

 coils upon the autiior with additional dis- 



grace. 



To demonstrate the case more comprelien- 

 sively or clearly, the fact appears, that any 

 corrosive matter discharged from the nostrils, 

 and suffered to continue for a length of time, 

 so as to constitute ulcerations and corrode 

 the bones, v>ill inevitablv degenerate into, 

 and constitute the disease generally under-^ 



