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become improper, on account of tbe particular date 
of the patient. Thus, in a fcorbutic or putrid dif- 
pofition of the humours, foap at lead ought to be 
totally omitted ; and fuch patients, who are much 
troubled with the haemorrhoids, ought to be fparing 
in its ufe, as the alkaline fait, with which it abounds, 
will fcarcely fail to exafperate their pain. Where the 
patient is naturally very coftive, lefs lime-water and 
more foap ought to be ufed ; and, on the contrary, 
where the body is too loofe, little or no foap is to be 
taken, but the cure is to be trufted to lime-water 
alone ; which, in this cafe, ought to be drank to the 
quantity of two Englilh quarts a day. 
As the foregoing obfervations will, I am afraid, ap« 
pear more tedious than important, I fhall only add, 
that I am, with great efteem, 
S I R, 
Your mod obedient humble Servant, 
Robert Whytt* 
III 
Dr. Pringle’s Paper read after Dr. Whytt’s Letter. 
• ’ \ A. 
Read April 21, T^\R. Pringle begs leave to inform the 
• 757 - Society, that having read the copy 
of his letter, within thefe few days, to Dr. Shaw, 
Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Graham, thofe gentlemen 
found his account agreeable to their feveral obferva- 
tions j only Mr. Graham took notice, that, of late 
years, Lord Walpole, in his journies to Norfolk, had 
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