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complicated, a variety of iymptonis, endeavour- 

 ing to form diftindtions that may keep up the 

 farce, and fuppcrt the opinion he advances, 

 which neither the cafe or circumftances will 

 admit ; for the obtruding penetration of any 

 profeffionift inftantly plucks oil the maik of 

 fpeculation, and the intentional deception re- 

 coils upon the author with additional difgrace. 



To demonflrate the cafe more comprehen- 

 lively or clearly, the fadt appears, that any 

 corrofive matter difcharged from the noftrils, 

 and fuffered to continue for a length of time, 

 fo as to conftitute ulcerations and corrode the 

 bones, will inevitably degenerate into, and 

 conftitute, the difeafe generally underftood by 

 the appellation of glanders ; every ftagnant, 

 acrimonious, or putrid matter, is pofTeiTed of 

 this property, and more particularly when 

 lodged (or by fmufes confined) upon any par- 

 ticular part. Diverted of profeffional trick, 

 CHICANERY, and DECEPTION, this is the in- 

 controvertible explanation, v/hether proceeding 

 from an ulceration of the lungs, or the inve- 

 terate glandular difcharges from the head 

 (where the cafe is of long-ftanding, and the 

 bone carious) they are equally incurable, Per- 



fevering 



