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or symptoms of disease, its injurious ten- 

 dency in some cases, or evident destruction 

 in others, as in the former of the two just 

 described. 



That the frequent tis^ and abuse of nitre 

 may not only be better understood, but 

 more perfectly retained in memory ; as well 

 as to establish the propriety of its use in 

 some cases, and to confirm the justice of my 

 assertion respecting its prejudicial effects in 

 others ; I must be under the necessity of in- 

 troducing the repetition of a few lines de- 

 scriptive of its properties, so particularly en- 

 larged upon in my former volume, where it 

 may be found by reference to the index. In 

 animadversion upon the unlimited eulogiunxs 

 ofBARTLET, who has, without proper dis- 

 crimination, recommended its frequent use 

 to '' three or four ounces three times a day,* I 

 have said, 



'' He urges the administration of it to at- 

 tenuate and thin the dense sizy blood during 

 the effect of inflammatory fever : this pro- 

 perty of attenuation being allowed, what must 

 be the natural conclusion and consequence 



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