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mercury is a specific for every ill, he pro- 

 cured a pot of strong mercurial ointment y and 

 persevered in its constant use by friction, 

 till finding every effart to succeed abortive, 

 he obliquely covirted the examination and ad- 

 vice of a popular farrier, standing very high 

 in public estiniatio4i, whose sublimity of ex- 

 planatron- certainly entitles him to general 

 confidence, 



lie nK)st sagaciously dhcovered 3-nd observed, 

 ' a vein was losf, ^hich could only be reco- 

 ' vered by the application of a strong blister/ 

 However strange or ridiculous a proposed 

 remedy, so violent and extraordinary, may 

 appear to the judicious or experienced reader, 

 it met no opposition from the party concern- 

 ed ; for, comincT from tlie hio;h-soundin£; au- 

 thority of so much eminence, it was hastily 

 procured, and as rashly applied. I doubt 

 not its efiects may be much better conceived 

 than described ; external fire upon internal 

 contraction could but add to the excruciat- 

 ing pain, or rather wanton persecution, of a 

 subject suffering under such a succession of 

 cruel and inconsiderate experiments. 



Thie account having, been given me in 



