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and conftant irritation or itching; to 

 allay which the poor heajl is eternally exert- 

 ing himfejf in perpetual rubbings^ till with 

 thofe, and the lofs of hair from the different 

 parts, he bears the univerfal appearance of ap- 

 proaching EXCORIATION. In this predica- 

 ment it has been the conftant pradice to get 

 rid of ONE devil by the application of many ; 

 for inftance, quic/<fiher, aquafGrtis^ oil ofvi-- 

 trioly corrojive mercury, Jpirit of turpentine^ 

 Julphur of vivu?n, fed armoniacy tar, train oily 

 and all the combiiflibles that could well be in- 

 vented for the fapport of an everlafting con-- 

 fagration in the lowtr regions. 



Without enlarging upon this defperate mode 

 of PRACTICE, I fhall only acknowledge it 

 brings to my memory a paffage from that juftly 

 celebrated writer who fays 



" Where the greater malady Is, the IcfTer is not felt." 



And I naturally conclude from, the purport 

 of this fentence, their mode of pradice was 

 adopted to extirpate an itching by a courfe of 

 cauterization y and there is no doubt but a 

 poor devil would feel very little uneafinefs from 

 a cutaneous irritation when burning alive with 



a combination 



