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lacknowledge there is no publication upon 

 thefe fubjeds extant, to whofe dictates I 

 fhould more cheerfully become a convert, 

 than the productions of the very author 

 whofe opinion, in one injiance, I am com^ 

 pelled to oppofe. 



It is fo perfedtly in point to adopt the vul- 

 garifrh of *' killing two birds with one 

 ftone,'* that I cannot refift the temptation 

 ;and prefent opportunity to introduce a few 

 words upon an inconfiftent paffage in 

 Bracken, that equally dallies with an opi- 

 nion of mine frequently introduced in my for- 

 mer volume, where the operation of Bleed- 

 ing, or- i\\Q Jiate of the blood, neceflarily 

 became matter of recommendation. In p. 1 1 1 

 of his Second Volume, he fays, '* the blood 

 becomes vifcid, poor, and difpirited.'' This 

 paffage is fo ftrangely fequeftered from com- 

 prehenfion, fo ridiculoufly replete with pa- 

 radoxical obfcurity, and fo diredily contrary 

 to my own obfervations, founded in pradlice, 

 and long fince comxmunicated under the fane- 

 tion of inviolate veracity, that I cannot per- 

 mit fuch a profufion of profeffional contra- 

 rieties 



