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liquid form -, for the joint qualities and force 

 of the difierent ingredients being let loofe zt 

 the fame moment upon the internal coat of 

 the ftomach, without their ilimulative powers 

 being covered by aromatic or carminative in- 

 gredients, may (exclulive, of the disagreeable 

 lenfation excited by their ad:ion upon the irri- 

 tability of the fcomach) be produclive of 

 fpafms, or very fevere griping pains, previous 

 to the laxation of the hardened f^ces in the 

 inteftines. 



And Vv^hcre fjch pains are evidently predo- 

 minant, (the proper time being more than ex- 

 pired), and there is no palpable fign of the 

 phyfic's beginning to operate kindly, (which 

 for the corifolation of thofe unacquainted with 

 the ceremony, is very feldom the cafe, parti- 

 cularly if the medicines are carefully and ac- 

 curately prepared) fo far from applauding the 

 rafhly recomm.ended fyflem of oiling ^^ a fmal! 

 *'* hand,'' and extrading the excrement from 

 the fundament, I relinquifli every expe<fl:ation 

 of finding *^ a vciy fmall hand'' among farriers 

 or grooms, and confequently difclaim the idea 

 Qi encouraging any fuch pradice, unlefs the 

 ;v^a7.7 feould b.;^ cibfolutely plugged up, fo as 



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