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definition of this difeafe, that has for ages oc- 

 cafioned infinite looks oi fitrprifc^ and exertions 

 of wifdom, when invoking the interpofition of 

 Mifieria or Somnusy to elucidate a matter that 

 even their immaculate Bartlet did not 

 condefcend to explain. And as his great pre- 

 decefibr (who he has moft inceifantly and im- 

 plicitly copied, ) after ringing the changes upon 

 almoft EVERY difeafe, fixed his opinion of the 

 caufe upon '^ immoderate feeding;" I fliall 

 avail myfelf of the privilege afforded me in the 

 ancient adage of '^ Dolors differ,'' and declare 

 I attribute the caufe to hard drinking. 

 And although he declined faying much in 

 favour of HIS opinion, I fhall nf^x. qmit to 

 advance a thefis is confirmation of mine. 



The kind oifurfeit differing from the for- 

 mer in caufe, but very little in efeof, is that 

 kind where, from igjiorance, intoxication, or 

 hiattention, a horfe is fjffered to drink immo- 

 derately of cold water, v/hen in a violent per- 

 foration, and the blood confequentiy in the 

 higheft degree of circulation. 



The Jloock nature fuilains by this revuJfion 

 will be inftantly conceived, even by a mind 



not 



