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to prevent the fpreading the contagion, amongft fuch 
as do not chufe, and thofe vvhofc circumflances will 
not permit them, to comply with the expence at- 
tending it. 
The increafe of mankind has been more impeded 
by the fmall-pox, than is ufaally imagined j it is not 
the lols of^ne in fix or eight, who die with the 
difeafe, that is chiefly to be attended to, but the ac- 
cumulated lofs of all the poftericy, which might have 
defcended from them, multiplied through allfucceed- 
ing generations. Wherefore, perhaps, it might be 
thought wifdom to addrefs the Throne for liberty to 
eredt one hofpital in each of the New England colo- 
nies for that purpofe ; that thofe, at leaft, who are en- 
gaged in trade and navigation, might have the benefit 
of inoculation, and be exempt from the hazard of the 
difeafe, while neceffarily engaged in bufinefs abroad, 
andymt endanger their friends on their return home. 
I. Bleeding, at the firfl; invafion of the eruptive fe- 
ver, mull be advantageous, when the blood is 
rich and denfe, the cohefion of the compo- 
nent parts llrong, the patient plethoric, and 
the fever inflammatory.. 
n. Bleeding mull be prejudicial, if the quantity of 
blood is below the flandard of health, and 
fcrous, the coheflon of the conflituent compo- 
nent parts weak, and the fever low and 
deprelTed. 
III. Bleeding will not alter the date of the blood, 
and reflore the cohefion of its conflituent 
component parts, when broken and diflblved ; 
conlequently it will be of no fervice when at- 
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