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** round flick till it is almofl raw, and theft 

 " touched with oil of origanum fublimate^ 

 *' arjenic, or oil of'vitriolJ* You are then told 

 *' thefe may produce an ulcer^ a rotennefs of 

 *^ the boncy and, when cured, an ugly fear!'* 

 Another fays " It is to be foundly rubbed 

 *' with the handel of a hammer, till it is fo 

 ** much bruifed as to bring on an impofthume, 

 *' and confequent fuppuration or difcharge of 

 " matter!" And there can be no doubt but 

 this is rubbing \i foundly with the impofthume 

 for a witnefs! 



Another tells you *^ they are to be deftroyed 

 *^ with adlual cauteries, or flat inftruments of 

 ** iron, made red hot, and applied to the 

 *' fplents, placing a piece of the rind of bacon 

 ** between, with the fat fide outwards ; and, 

 ** having a fecond iron heating ahernately with 

 *' the firft, the operation is to be repeated till 

 ** the fplent is diflblved." To thefe, in cafe 

 of failure, they acknowledge the necefl^ary aid 

 of '* blifleringy firing^' &c. &c. Now, upon 

 a candid inveftigation of this accumulated 

 variety of opinions, we fliall find them amount 

 to a verification of an obfcrvation not long 

 fince made ; a paltry pradlice of fwelling their 



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