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adapted, to every comprehenfion, that I am 

 fatisfied to reft the certainty of its procefs, 

 and my own profeffional reputation, upon the 

 arbitrative deciiion of any impartial invefti- 

 gator. And that this comparative procefs 

 may be brought to a fpeedy termination, 

 I fhall only beg leave to obferve, if Mr. 

 Clarke's hypotbefs, ** that no difcovery 

 can be made from the blood when cold,''' is 

 a fad:, or the ** vifcid, poor^ and difpirtted 

 blood''' of Bracken, can be defined one and 

 the fame thing, diverted of paradoxical com- 

 plication, and fuch eccentric opinions are 

 founded in truths and ran be fupported by 

 incontrovertible JaBs ; my affertions, however 

 fcientific, however eftablifhed by time, and 

 confirmed by experience, muft inevitably 

 fall unfupported to the ground, unwoithy the 

 future attention of thofe by w^hofe approbation 

 and applaufe I have beenfo highly honoured. 



Having endeavoured to refcue from public 

 prejudice, any hafty decifions that might be 

 made upon fuch clalhing opinions undefined -, 

 we return to the operation of bleeding, re- 

 commended previous to the conftant exer- 

 cife, and with that bleeding an accurate exa- 



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