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clear to admit of a doubt. The gradual and 

 general afFedion of the frame may be eafily 

 reconciled to any compreheniion, by the idea 

 of a lingle fpark of fire giving life to a com- 

 bination of combuftibles that foon conftitute 

 a general flame. To fay the farcy is or can 

 be long partial to any particular fpot is a very 

 ridiculous fuppofltion > for although the attack 

 may be local (the caufe being inflammatoiy), 

 it muft foon be unhcrfal from the very nature 

 of the circulation. Certain folid parts of the 

 body may be individually affecled by iniiam.- 

 mation^ but Vve naturally infer, from a ivno\v- 

 ledge of the circulation, one part of the blood 

 cannot imbibe a temporary affe^Lion without 

 a fpeedy communication to the whole. 



If, as it has been before obferved, " the 

 " Farcy is a diftemper of the blood vefiels," 

 I cannot indulge a momentary doubt but fuch 

 diftemper in the veiiels mufl have received the 

 full force of difeafe from the acrimonious flate 

 of the blood itfelf ; which, by its accumulating 

 force and morbid pungency, foon exceeds the 

 bounds prefcribed by nature, making its way 

 to the furfice, by a corroiion of the veflels in 

 which it was contained. The coat is raifed in 

 K />, difierent 



