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definition of this difeafe, that has for ages oc* 

 cafioned infinite looks o^ fur p rife ^ and exertions 

 of 'wijdomy when invoking the interpofition of 

 Minerva or Sorrinus, to elucidate a matter that 

 even their immaculate Bartlet did not 

 condelcend to txpiain. And as his great pre- 

 deceflbr (who he has moft inceffantly and im- 

 pHcitly copied), after ringing the changes upoa 

 almoft EVERY uifeafe, fixed his opinion of the 

 caufe upon ** immoderate feeding j" I fhall 

 avail myfelf of the privilege afforded me in the 

 ancient adage of ** Doctors differ,'' and declare 

 I attribute the caufe to hard drinking. 

 And although he declined laying much in 

 favour of his opinion, I fhall not omit to 

 advance a thefis in confirmation of mine. 



The ki?id offurfeit differing from the for- 

 mer in caufey but very little in effedf, is that 

 kind where, from ignorance, intoxication, or 

 inattention, a horfe is fuffered to drink immo- 

 derately of r(?/^ water, when in a violent ^^r- 

 Jpiration, and the blood confequently in the 

 highefl: degree of circulation. 



The JJ:ock nature fuftains by this revuljion 

 will be inilantly conceived^ even by a mind 



not 



