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complicated; a variety of fymptoms, endeavour- 

 ing to form diflindions that may keep up thq 

 farce, and fupport the opinion he advances, 

 which neither the cafe or circunriftances will 

 admit; for the obtruding penetration of any 

 profeflionift inftantly plucks off the mafk of 

 fpeculation, and the intentional deception re- 

 coils upon the author v^^ith additional difgrace. 



To denionftrate the cafe more comprehen- 

 fively or clearly, the fadl appears, that any 

 corrofive matter difcharged from the noflrils, 

 and fufFered to continue for a length of time, 

 fo as to conftitute ulcerations and ccrode the 

 bones, will inevitably degenerate into, and 

 conftltute, the difeafe generally underftood by 

 the api ellation of glanders; every ftagnant, 

 acrimonious, or putrid matter, is poffelTed of 

 this property, and more panicuiarly when 

 lodged (or by finufes confined) upon any par- 

 ticular part. Diverted of profeffional trick, 

 CHICANERY, and DECEPTION, this is the in- 

 controvertible explanation, whether proceeding 

 from an ulceration of the lungs, or the inve- 

 terate glandular difcharges from the head 

 (where the cafe is of long ftanding, and the 

 bone carious) they are equally incurable. Per- 



fevering 



