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changes all such into its own wholesome 

 nature. 



This assertion will excite a fierce 

 controversy among Doctors, and many 

 will be ready to maintain to the last 

 breath that it is utterly impossible to 

 remove the deadly nature of mineral 

 poisons. I do not wonder at their 

 incredulity, since they are hopelessly 

 ignorant of all similar preparations, and 

 have no conception of the deeper 

 mysteries of science. Yet those who 

 are more reasonable will be ready to 

 admit that it is possible considerably to 

 improve a vile and worthless substance. 



Moreover, you Doctors yourselves 

 must admit that your object is to make 

 better that bad thing which causes the 

 disease. Must you not also acknow- 

 ledge that the diseases of minerals, and 

 especially of medicinal minerals, can be 

 so removed that a state of perfect health 

 may be restored, and that the medicines 

 must thereby be rendered infinitely more 

 efficacious. But I do not expect you to 

 agree with me, since you are not 



