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inuft poffefs incredible virtue to prove equally 

 applicable to an organ of fuch exquifite fenii- 

 bility, and the foul furface of an inveterate 

 ulcer. Bartlet's w^onderful noftrum oi white 

 mtriol and Jugar candy is alfo moft lingularly 

 entitled to aamiration-y for the corrofive qua- 

 lity of its ingredients, and the mode of appli- 

 cation taken into the confideration, will ren- 

 der it unneceflary for me to obtrude a fingle 

 thought of my own upon the occafion, But 

 the i?ifallible fpecific of Bracken cannot be 

 fuffered to paf^s without proper rejpe5l^ as it 

 muft afford matter of fpeculation to the curi- 

 ous, to inquire by what means an eflablilLed 

 compofition, for even the deftruftion of rats, 

 ihall be fo magically diverted of its pernicious 

 cffedls, as to be admitted a falutary application 

 to that part of the frame endowed with the 

 greatefl: portion of fenfibility. 



Thefe remarks fubmitted to public confide^ 

 ration, we proceed to expatiate upon the dif- 

 ferent difeafes of the eyes, whether as natural 

 blemifhes, hereditary defeds, or proceeding 

 from external injuries. Such lift might be 

 very much extended by enlarging diftindly 

 upon the remote and feparate diforders ; as the 

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