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is left by which the leaft rational and authentic 

 information is to be acquired, except '*'plen- 

 ** tiful bleedings y the unlimited ufe of falt- 

 *' petre, and the infertion of rowels/' even 

 to the number of fix or eight upon the fame 

 fubjed:. 



Every intelligent obferver muft be well con- 

 vinced of the abfurdity of fuch accumulation 

 as Gibson defcribes, and the improbability 

 (not to fay, what might be very well justified, 

 the impojjibility ) of difcovering, by no other 

 means th.2xi Jtlent fymptoms and ocular infpec- 

 tion (amounting to no kind of demonftration) 

 the origin, caufe, or indeed diilemper itfelf, 

 to which there is no certain diftindlion, or 

 palpable proof of exiftence. And when it is 

 remembered there is no agency in the animal 

 by which the particulars of his pain or dif- 

 trefs can be communicated, every judicious 

 and candid reader will admit the impradicabi- 

 lity of difcriminating between the variety of 

 fymptoms, by which alone all this FAMILY 

 OF FEVERS are to be afcertained. It may 

 alfo be taken into confideration, that animals 

 of this clafi, from then- fimple diet and regu^ 



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