296 GLANDERS. 



abfolutely incurable. To corroborate an opi« 

 nion fo univerlally received and admitted, it 

 does not appear to me that a tedious technical 

 defcription of it? true feat, afcertaining it to be 

 in *^ the pituitary membrane, the maxillary 

 *^ finufles, the frontal fmuffes, or cavities 

 *' above the orbits of the eyes," can give addi- 

 tional weight, or enlighteii the underftanding 

 of the reader. The dull difcouraging defcrip- 

 tion of a misfortune, to evade the ultirnate 

 force of which there is no probable (or indeed 

 poffible) appearance, can prove but a very 

 flender confolation; I therefore difclaim the 

 idea of attempting impofition upon any appli- 

 cation that may be made to this work for in- 

 formation, and heartily condemn the ridicukm 

 belief of SEVEN diftin(fl kinds of glanders, and 

 the ftill more ridiculous difcrimination by 

 which they are pretended to be brought about. 

 They are fo truly puerik and nugatory that a 

 medical man may (with as rnuck appearance 

 of truth and reafon) madly attempt to juftify 

 the abfolute exiftence of feven kinds o{ fmalU 

 pox or mea/lesy according to their different ftages 

 or gradations. The true ftate of his rcprefen- 

 tation (diverted of i-ts necejjary ambiguity) is 

 plainly this^ he has mutilated, feparated, and 



complicated^ 



