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variety of inftances, blended it in compoiition 

 with its oppojites in effeSiy but ftamped it with 

 his opinion fo great a fpecific, that a few 

 obfervations on its virtues and real iifes 

 become immediately necellary to the propriety 

 of its future adminiftration being better under- 

 ftood. 



OsMER was like wife fo infatuated with its 

 reported perfections, that he became an advo- 

 cate for its unlimited utility, and, like his pre- 

 deceflbrs, pronounced it an infallible fpecific 

 for all thofe diforders he condefcended to take 

 a fuperficial furvey of ^ urging the adminiftra- 

 tion of it to almoft any proportion upon every 

 occafion, though, in the very fame page, he 

 confeffes fome horfes " fhall not be able to take 

 *' the fmalleft quantity vv^ithout being affed:ed 

 *' with gripes y or cbolicy therefore it is always 

 " beft to begin with a fmall quantity." 



That it is coolings allays thirftj promotes the 

 fecretionsy and is an uf aal aflifcant likewife in a 

 courfe of alterativesy is admitted ^ but how far 

 it is eligible to give it mfeverSy in the very large 

 proportions recommended by Bart let and 

 OsMER, will be beft decided by giving the 

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