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efteem all the former beneficial, and the latter generally perni- 
cious : fo that if the moft fkilful phyfician were to prefcribe for 
his patient what the latter fuppofed to pofTefs an heating qua- 
lity, it would be impoffible to perfuade him to ufe it. 
Phlebotomy. 
Scarification, or fuperficial incifion of the fkin, is commonly 
recurred to for various difeafes, and at all ages, from two years 
till fixty. The head, breaft, loins, legs, are all fubjeded to this 
fimple and apparently little efficacious treatment. Sometimes, 
however, violent and obftinate pains in the head, proceeding 
from extraordinary exertion, and other caufes, are removed by 
fuperficially inciding the fkin, near the coronal future, which 
occafions a fufficient difcharge of blood. 
The other mode of bleeding is by horns, prepared for that 
purpofe, which operate on the fame principle as our cupping 
glaffes. Thefe are applied in a very fimple manner, and with- 
out occafioning any pain, remove fuch quantity of blood, as the 
operator judges necelTary. Adhefion is produced by applying 
the mouth to the fmaller aperture of the horn, which, when this 
is accomplifhed, is flopped. The incifion is commonly made 
with a razor. 
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