EXERCISE. 22t 



Aient. On the contraTy, had I proftituted 

 niy judgment or my pen, to fo unfcientific a 

 declaration as the blood's being '' vJfcid, poor, 

 and difpirited,'' the united force of menftrual 

 criticifm would have irrevocably doomed ZvIe 

 AND MY OPINIONS to the lowejl rcgh?: cf 

 oblivion. 



How, at the fame tinle, blood can be 

 ** VISCID and poor," or the two v/crds of 

 a diredl contrary meaning become {o conve- 

 niently fynonimous, I am at a lofs to learn % 

 but perfcclly anxious that the profeffional 

 confiftency, the fyflematic uniformity of my 

 aflertions, may be arraigned and brought to 

 iffue with opinions fo diredly oppofite, I find 

 it unavoidably neceilary, to foJicit from ever}'' 

 impartial inveftigatof, a comparative viev/ of 

 what has been advanced on either fJe rcfpccl:- 

 ing the blood, when he will be enabled to 

 decide, whofe fyftem approaches neareft ta 

 truth, fupportcd by reafon. 



To juftify and corroborate my remarks 

 upon Mr. Clarke's idea of ** not difcovering 

 the true ftate of the blood when cold,'" 

 I muft beg to repeat the very words of nij 



opinion 



