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sue the regular and beaten path of sober 

 tuition, may I now claim your indulgence 

 for a short time, whilst I advert to some 

 other subjects, in which Mr. Hunter has 

 done our profession and mankind in general 

 important service. 



When the description of the inflamma- 

 tory diseases is concluded, the next sub- 

 ject that will engage your attention is that 

 of Diseases which the absorbing vessels are 

 principally concerned in producing. To 

 detach all the facts and opinions of Mr. 

 Hunter, relative to this subject from the dif- 

 ferent parts of these lectures, and review 

 them at present would be tedious and un- 

 profitable ; suffice it then to say, that in 

 perfecting the knowledge of the physiolo- 

 gy of the absorbing vessels, all nations allow 

 great merit to the English. On this ground, 

 even the French seem to admit the triumph 



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