gre EXERCISE. 



of distinguishing its property, or predomi- 

 nant tendency, much better in that condition, 

 than a state of liquidity as just received 

 from the vein. If tiiat certainty is ad- 

 mitted (as I ilatter myself it will not, upon 

 reflection, be respectably denied), it must 

 undoubtedly prove much more eligible and 

 satisfactory to obtain professional prognos- 

 tics IN PART, than not to acquire any in- 

 formation at all. This being a position 

 beyond the power of confutation, it is only 

 necessary to add a single remark arising 

 from daily practice, long experience, and 

 accurate observation, upon the certainty 

 of ascertaining from a minute examination 

 of the blood wlieii cold^ the proportion of 



CRASSAMENTUM, SERUM, SIZE, VISCI- 

 DITY, probable inflammation or acrimony 

 it contains ; from all which, surely dia^ 

 gnostics may be rationally formed to regu^- 

 late future proceedings ; at least, so I con- 

 stantly fmd it in the course of my own 

 practice : and until such inspection, hy any 

 deception, should convince me of its uii^ 

 certainty and inutiUty, I shall not be rea- 

 dily induced to alter an opinion founded 

 upon practical conviction ; though I must 



