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for the venereal disease, but it does not ap- 

 pear to produce its beneticial effects, by ex- 

 pelling the venereal poison from the system, 

 or by uniting with it, and changing its poi- 

 sonous quality ; it is more probable that it 

 renders the solich unsusceptible of the vene- 

 real action ; and that by continuino: the use 

 of it a sufficient length of t:me, the poison 

 will be ev'.cuated from the s\ stem, like all 

 other extraneous or noxious matter which 

 may haj)pen to get into it; an opinion 

 which I believe originated with the late 

 Mr. John Hunter. 



Is it not probable that the glanders (a dis- 

 ease which has hitherto proved incurable), 

 may at some future period be successfully 

 treated, by keeping this opinion in view ? 



This idea is thrown out as a hint to those 

 who may wish to investigate the Glanders, 

 and endeavour to find out a remedy for so 

 destructive a disease. 



ABSORBENTS. Medicines that n, utra- 

 lize or destroy any acid matter that may hap- 

 pen to be in the stomach ; which in the hcrse 

 is indicated by a disposition to eat litter or 

 dirt in preference to hay. 



It is probable that this condition of the 



