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fpecific for every ill) he procured a pot of 

 Jlrong mercurial ointment^ and perfevered in its 

 conftant ufe by fridtion, till finding every 

 effort to fucceed abortive, he obliquely courted 

 the examination and advice of a popular farrier, 

 ftanding very high in public eftimation, whofe 

 fublimity of explanation certainly entitles him 

 t'o general confidence. 



He moft fagacioufly difcovered and obferved^ 



* a vein was lojty which could only be reco- 



* vered hy the application of ^Jlrong bli/ier.* 

 However ftrange or ridiculous a propofed 

 remedy^ fo violent and extraordinary, may 

 appear to the judicious or experienced reader, 

 it met no oppofition from the party concerned ; 

 for, coming from the high founding authority 

 of fo mujch eminence, it was hajlily procured, 

 and as raflAy applied. I doubt not its effefts 

 may be much better conceived than defcribed ; 

 external fire upon internal contraction could 

 but add to the excruciating pain, or rather 

 wanton perfecution, of a fubjed: fufiering under 

 fuch a fucceffion of cruel and inconfiderate 

 experiments. 



This 



