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PHYSIO. 



the bars of the hay rack ; for the animal which has just been rendered 

 faint by having its blood extracted must, for the tedious space of one 

 entire day and night, neither feed, allay its thirst, nor repose its tottering 

 limbs. Some certain benefit, substantiated by very potent proofs, are 

 necessary to justify the measure which must be followed by such depri- 

 vation; for if lack of nutriment and want of rest can generate debility, 

 what must be the effect of enforced abstinence, when ensuing upon a 

 sickening depletion ? 



