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gator with all poflible clearnefs ; it fl^all 

 be perfedlly divefted uf every ambiguity ;nd 

 remote confideration. by re-ftating i'lngly 

 the cafes in which the different authors 

 have fo lavifhly recommended their ufe ; 

 admitting the propriety of their intro- 

 dudiion where their good effeds become 

 probable upon profeffional reafoning, or 

 condemning the adoption where 1 feel 

 myfelf juflified in fupporting a contrary 

 opinion, 



We are firft told, *' Rowels are of great 

 ufe in carrying off rheums or defluxions of 

 the eyes ;" but as no profeffional proofs have 

 been adduced, or cafes authenticated, by 

 any author whatever, to confirm thh opinion^ 

 it is very natural to wifh for information, 

 whether this ** use"" has been afcertained 

 in effe^i^ with or without the affiftance of 

 carihartlcs^ diuretics^ or alteratives^ one of 

 which, in thefe cafes, is generally called in 

 to their affiftance : but as the effed: of fuch 

 medicines are not externally perceptible ^ their 

 proportional fervices are buried in oblivion, 

 (as not being brought totally to proof) and 

 the glory of the vidory, if obtained, is attri- 

 T 3 buted 



