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lication in feparation and extravafation ihan 

 die other. 



It being tbiCrefore proved nothing more or 

 his (divefkd of technical terms and am- 

 biguous reafoning) than a gradual depletion 

 of the blood veffels, (di veiled of its fangui- 

 nary appearance, and becoming matter by 

 the natural procefs of extravafation and rare- 

 faftion) let us decifively pronounce what fucb 

 conftant evacuation can be produc3:ive of in 

 its effedis ; I believe I may venture to pro- 

 nounce every profeffor of phyfic or farriery 

 will perfeftly agree with me, in confirming 

 it nothing more than a certain mode of re- 

 ducing the habit by drawing off a greater 

 portion of blood in every twenty-four hours, 

 than is generated by the nutritive property 

 of the given quantity of aliment, allowed for 

 fubfiftence in the fame fpace of time ; though 

 it is, in all cafes, ridiculoufly conceived, that 

 by reducing the bodily ftrength, you infallibly 

 fubdue the pred-i'iinance of difeafe alfo. 



We novv^ arrive at the very line of dif- 

 tindion ncceffary to be drawn in all cafes, 



where 



