480 StTPPLEMENT. 



These remarks upon so critical a subject 

 are introduced to point out the certain 

 danger, and to sui>prcss, if possible, so ab- 

 surd, so inconsiderate, and contemptible a 

 practij^e, tliat, it is natural to conclude, can 

 be continued but from a motive of inherent 

 obstinancv, determined iwt to he conrinccdi 

 amidst all its dreadful conse(]uence. I am, 

 however, most earnestly induced to hope, 

 from an anxious and unalteiable desire to 

 improve the subject and reform the practice, 

 that the ancient ada^e of ' l)C!tter late than 

 * never,' and due reflection, w ill be produce 

 tive of a gradual reforniation, jmrticularly 

 when it is now universally known, and ac- 

 knowledged by every impartial observer, that 

 the instn:ctions in the former part of the Di- 

 rectory for management in Physic, have 

 umlergonc the ordeal of public investiga- 

 tion, and been honoured with general ap- 

 probation. 



