29,6 GLANDERS. 



abiGlutely incurable. To corroborate an opi- 

 nion fo univerfally received and admitted, it 

 does n6t appear to me that a tedious technical 

 deicription of its true feat, afcertaining it to be 

 iri^**'tlie pituitary membrane, the maxillary 

 '* finufes, the frontal iinufes, or cavities 

 *^ above the orbits of the eyes,*' can give addi- 

 tional weight, or enlighten the underftanding 

 of the reader. The dull difcouraging defcrip- 

 tion of a misfortune, to evade the ultimate 

 force of which there is no probable (or indeed 

 poffible) appearance, can prove but a very 

 (lender confoiation ; I therefore difclaim the 

 idea of attempting impofition upon any appli- 

 cation that may be made to this work for in- 

 formation, and heartily condemn the ridtcidoiis 

 belief of SEVEN diftindt kinds of glanders, and 

 the ftill more ridiculous difcrimination by 

 v/hicli they are pretended to be brought about. 

 They are fo truly puerile and nugatory that a 

 medical man may (with as 7nuch appearance 

 oi truth and reafon) madly attempt to juftify 

 the abfolute exiftence of feven kinds oi f mall- 

 pox or meafies^ according to their different ftages 

 or gradations. The true ftate of /6/j- reprefen- 

 tation (divefted of its necejjdry ambiguity) is 

 plainly this ; he has mutilated, fepar^ted, and 



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