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PLEURISY AND INFLAMMATION 



OF THE LUNGS. 



To avoid thofe unneceffary dlAinaions ge- 

 nerally made to fweli the work, as well as the 

 tedious repetitions introduced to form a plau- 

 fible but FALLACIOUS difference between dif- 

 eafes bearing the ftrifteft affinity, (not only 

 originating in the fame caufe, but depending 

 on the very fame treatment for cure) I fliall, 

 in this clafs, proceed to the neceffary obferva- 

 tions upon what is termed pleurisy, in- 

 flammation of the lungs, broken wind, 

 and, laftly, consumption. The gradations or 

 circumftances of connexion are fo recrular 

 from 2ijimple cold, in the fir/l inftance, to the 

 difagreeable effeds of the latter^ as to form a 

 fufficient reafon for bringing the whole into 

 rational invefligation. 



To fleer clear of the trammels of imita- 

 tion, I muft avoid the beaten track of Bart- 

 let, who tells you " Gibson fays the /A'//- 

 P 2 ** rify 



