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io decide, I feel myself fully justified in con- 

 tributing my mite of approbation to the 

 extent of its efficacy upon numerous occa- 

 sions. Particularly as a very powerful cor- 

 roborant in deep-seated strains ; a repellent 

 in the early stage of inflammatory and pain- 

 ful swellings ; as well as a general specific in 

 most injuries to the eye, by blows, b/iiises, 

 or external accidents : its peculiar property 

 of preventing gangrene or mortificatix3n, by 

 plentiful incorporation with poultices, or 

 other topical applications, will be fully prov- 

 ed by those who have occasion to make the 

 experiment. 



By this small and disinterested tribute to 

 its excellencies, I mean not to be considered 

 its immaculate panegyrist, extolling its ef- 

 ficacy to a degree of unUmited infallibility, 

 yanking it with the nostrums of the day, and 

 publishing ?i fasluonable certificate of its pos- 

 sessing the property of banishing every pos- 

 sible ill ; but to bring its properties fairly 

 into the scale of public investigation, upon 

 the foundation of my own recommendation, 

 justified by accurate observation, affording 

 me every reason to believe that where it has 



