273 ROWELLING. 



CITY, or an acrimonious 2ind impoverished 

 state of the blood ? ' 



For the preceding quotation from Clarke^ 

 (which is in fact a quotation from all the 

 rest) evidently recommends it in a variety 

 of disorders resulting from, each oi the tze;o ; 

 and should such system possess the happy 

 influence of extracting (secundum artem) 

 the foundation of diseases clearly proceed- 

 ing from properties in the blood so directly 

 opposite to each other, and such wonderful 

 efficacy can be substantially corroborated ; 

 I shall cheerfully become a convert to the 

 prevalent opinion of the Vulcanian frater- 

 nity, and join in their unlimited representa- 

 tion of GENERAL UTILITY. But till bet- 

 ter and more professional allegations are pro- 

 'duced, to justify the indiscriminate hold they 

 have so long retained, (particularly in coun- 

 try practice,) I shall conscientiously forbear 

 to contribute a single encomium upon the 

 great and almost infallible virtues they have 

 been so universally and erroneously supposed 

 to possess. 



