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opinion previously given to the public in 

 the former volume, class the third; under the 

 head /'Farcy/' where will be found the 

 following description, necessarily agam sub-^ 

 mitted to the disquisition of every enlight- 

 ened reader. 



^' In respect to cure, upon the very earliest 

 appearance, take away blood in quantity as 

 before described ; and after so doing, attend 

 minutely to the quality, which circum- 

 stances will enable you to form a very deci- 

 sive judgment, how soon and to what pro- 

 portion the subject will bear this evacuation, 

 should it again be necessary ; for according 

 to the extra proportion of the Crassamentum, 

 or Coagidum, and the size, (or gelatinized 

 ' substance upon the surface), with the dispro- 

 portion of serum, or waterj^ part, it may be 

 very readily ascertained how much the blood 

 is certainly above or beloiv the standard of 

 mediocrity, necessary for the absolute pre- 

 servation of health/' 



This is the opinion originally held forth 

 in my iirst publication, and with so firm an 

 adherence to truth, founded upon experience, 



