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" the leaft obje&ion, if he thought it 

 " eligible/' 



Mifs Seward then faid " If the trial 

 " fhould be determined upon, perhaps 

 " Lady Northefk would prefer a fupply 

 *' from an healthy human fubjecT:, rather 

 " than from an animal. My health is 

 t perfect, neither am I confcious of any 

 " lurking di&afe, hereditary or accidental. 

 " I have no dread of the lancet, and will 

 " gladly fpare, from time to time, fuch a 

 " portion from my veins to Lady Northefk, 

 " as Dr. Darwin fhall think proper to 

 " inje<a." 



He feemed much pleafed with the 

 propofal, and his amiable patient exprefled 

 gratitude far above the juft claim of the 

 circumftance. Dr. Darwin faid he would 

 confult his pillow upon it. 



The next day, when Mifs S. called 

 upon Lady N. the Do6tor took her pre- 

 vioufly into his ftudy, telling her, that he 



had 



