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PLEURISY AND INFLAMxMATION 



OF THE LUNGS, 



To avoid thofe unneceffary diftin<flions ge- 

 nerally made to fwell the work, as well as the 

 tedious repetitions introduced to form a plau- 

 fiblebut FALLACIOUS difference between dif- 

 eafes bearing the ftrid:eft affinity, (not only 

 originating in the fame caufe, but depending 

 on the very fame treatment for cure) I fhall, 

 in this clafs, proceed to the neceifary obferva- 

 tions upon what is termed p l e u r i s y , i n f l a m - 



MATION of the LUNGS, BROKEN WIND, and, 



laftly, CONSUMPTION. The gradations or 

 circumftances of connexion are fo regular 

 from zjimpk cold, m the firft inflance, to the 

 difagreeable effedls of the latter, as to form a- 

 fufficient reafon for bringing the whole into 

 rational inveftigation. 



To fteer clear of the trammels of imitation, 

 I muft avoid the beaten track of Bartlet, 

 who tells you, ** Gibson fays the pkurijy 



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