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work, fo repeatedly, and (I flatter myfelf) 

 juftly, condemned. For inftance Gibson di- 

 redls an infufion of unilacked lime powerfully 

 impregnated with fal armoniac; and tells you 

 at the fame time ** it is an excellent wafh for 

 " all old obflinate ulcers." Let any patient 

 reader draw an imaginary parallel between the 

 almoft inexpreffible irritability of this delicate 

 ftrudture and the callous furface of an " ob- 

 " flinate ulcer," he will then, no doubt, form 

 a proper judgment to decide upon the confift- 

 ency of the pradice. With a wonderful va- 

 riety of alternatives, prefcribed in all pofTible 

 forms, we are diredled byBARTLET *^ to take 

 *' of .the film, by blowing into the eye equal 

 '^^ parts of white vitriol and fugar candy finely 

 f' powdered." And Bracken mo^judicioujly 

 recommends '^ glafs finely powdered, mixed 

 *i^ up with hpney and a litde frefli butter." 



A number of fimilar inflances might be in? 

 troduced from different authors to juftify the 

 obfervatlons already made upon a pradice fo 

 ftrange in its original adoption, and fo infa- 

 mous in its eflfeds: I (hall however draw the 

 attention only to a few remarks, firft upon the 

 prefcription of Gibson, whofe cpmpofition 

 A muft 



