462 SUPPLEINIENT. 



luckily destined to undergo a repetition of 

 rash, cruel and inconsiderate experiments. 



To corroborate the justice of tiiis remark, 

 is it at all necessary to go farllier in retro- 

 spection than the last case recited ? — Can any 

 rational practitioner, \vhose conduct is re- 

 gulated by integrity, and a proper attention 

 to the indications ol* Nature, come forward 

 and explain what could be expected from the 

 repeated applications oi .^/rorfg vicrcurial oint- 

 went by one opei'ator, or the meaning of ^ a 

 ' lost vein, and its intentional recovery by 

 * the use of a strong blister, in the other ?" 



Whatever may have been the intent or ex- 

 ])ectation of rifhcr, the event has fully prov- 

 ed the lacts so repeatedly urged beyond the 

 power of contradiction ; such unmeaning ef- 

 forts of sterility can only be the comi')ined 

 effects of vanity and presumptuous impu- 

 dence in the first ; professional ignorance, or 

 the most unlimited confidence and deception 

 in the latter. 



On^ of these considerations will arise con- 

 viction to such as do me the honour of at- 



