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I hope my friends will not think me 

 presumptuous for having made the fore- 

 going remarks, but I have known of at 

 least three cases of serious illness one 

 terminating fatally arising from want of 

 precaution and care as to dress, and it was 

 this knowledge that has induced me to 

 express my opinion on the subject. 



