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It is obferved to fall c&kjly upon thofe tliaf 

 liave been zlmoii Ji?'a;7gers to the taste of 

 oatSf and are kept entirely on the n^uje of pro- 

 vender, bm'-ren pafture, miijly hay, feparated 

 haybands, J^uoampy mofly ground, or I'uJJjy 

 moors ; from all which nature may receive 

 a wretched existence, but cannot be far- 

 nifhed with fupport ; at leaft the fupport ne- 

 ceflary to contribute nutritive juices for the 

 cojiftant healthv fubliftence of fo lar2:eaframe. 

 From this mode of living (or rather ftarving) 

 originates fo fevere and inveterate a difeafe^ 

 the eccnomy and law of nature demonjlrates 

 it to a certainty, and renders farther ani- 

 madversion upon the fubjedl tedious •scLi^un-' 

 necejfary. For the blood being by this barren 

 contribution robbed of what it was by nature 

 intended to receive, becomes i7npoveriped ^vtw 

 to a degree of incredibility (by thofe who 

 are unacquainted Vv^ith the fyftem of repletion 

 and circulation) ; it lofes its tenacity and bal-- 

 Jamie adhefive quality, degenerating to an acrid 

 ferous vapour that acquires malignity by its 

 preternatural feparation from its original cor-^ 

 r.etlor. Thus extravafated and unreftrained, 

 its morbid effecfts and virulence foon difplay 

 themfelves upon the farface, with a fevere- 



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