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Yet CLiflom has fo eftablifhed this prac- 

 tice, and fallacious experience feemingly 

 fo confirmed it, that it would be a dif- 

 ficult taflc to convince the illiterate and 

 prejudiced, of the ablurdity •, who, by 

 attributing effecfls to wrong caufes, are 

 led into this error, and the oils ufurp the 

 reputation that is due only to reft and 

 quiet : they feem, however, to be aware 

 of the ill confequences, by their adding 

 the hot oils, as fpike turpentine, and 

 origanum ; which though they in fome 

 meafurc guard againft the too fupphng 

 quality of the other oils, yet the treat- 

 ment is ftill too relaxing to be of rc^al 

 fervice. 



And indeed, in all znolent ftrains of^^^'^^ge 

 either tendon or mufcles, whatever opi- p"^ g^^. -^^ 

 nion we may entertain of bathing and f^rains. 

 anointing with favouring noftrums, which 

 often fucceed in flight cafes, where per- 

 haps bandage alone would have done ; 

 yet it is the latter, with proper refting 

 the relaxed fibres, till they have tho- 

 roughly recovered their tone, that are 

 the chief things to be depended on •, and 

 frequently fome months are neceflary for 

 cffeClino; the cure. 



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