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Variety of inftances, blended it in compofition 

 with its oppojites in effeB^ but flamped it with 

 his opinion -o great a fpecific, that a few ob- 

 fervations on its virtues and real ufes become 

 immediately neceflary to the propriety of its 

 future adminiftration being better underftood, 



OsMER was likewife fo infatuated with its 

 reported perfedtions, that he became an advo- 

 cate for its unUmited utiHty, and, like his pre- 

 deceffors, pronounced it an infallible fpecific 

 for all thofe diforders he condefcended to take 

 a fuperficial furvey of; urging the adminiftra- 

 tion of it to almoft any proportion upon every 

 occafion, though, in the very fame page, he 

 confeffes fome horfes " fliall not be able to take 

 *' the fmalleft quantity without being afFefted 

 " W\\h gripes y or cholicy therefore it is always 

 ** bed to begin with a fmall quantity." 



That it is coolings allays thi?jl^ promotes the 

 fecretions, and is an ufual afliftant likewife in a 

 courfe oi alteratives y is admitted ; but how far 

 it is eligible to give it in fevers, in the very large 

 proportions recommended by Bartlet and 

 OsMER, will be beft; decided by giving the 



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