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mount, under the confolatory adage of 

 •* better late than never, ^^ every member of 

 the community muft wiili it the moft unin- 

 terrupted fuccefs. 



Returning to the operative part of our fub- 

 jedl, and its falutary efFed:s upon the confti- 

 tution, it may be remembered, that rowels 

 have been ftrenuoufly recommended by advo- 

 cates of every denomination, to draw off the 

 corrupt or difeafed humours from the bloody 

 leaving the remainder in a ftate of purifica- 

 tion ; this, however, has never been roundly 

 and boldly afferted as a facS not to be dis- 

 puted, but founded originally in conjedlure, 

 and pufillanimoufly reiterated accordingly. 

 But for the moment, and better promotion 

 of difquifition and the difcovery of truth, let 

 us admit the abfurdity ; out of which will 

 evidently arife a queftion to eftablifh the fal- 

 lacy of opinion founded in error, and foftered 

 by ignorance : viz. Whether any profeffional 

 writer, or fcientific inveftigator, will ftand 

 forth and fay, the operative effed of a rowd 

 is equally applicable to the difference of dif- 

 eafe, ariling from either a viscid tena- 

 city. 



