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my Reading, or Study. Tullius’s Obfervation, Lib. 
iv. Cap. ix. falls vaftly fhort of it. 
The Figures ( fee Tab. I. Fig i. 2.) I. have fent in 
order to give you clear and j utt Ideas of the Gafe, are 
drawn With great Truth and Exa&nefs. Should 
Vouchers be neceffary for a Confirmation of the Fact, 
I can fend you many. But I am fatisfied Dr. Mortimer 
will fcarce think me capable of attempting an Impo- 
Fttion on Mankind in fo important an Affair. 
I have been, I own, fomewhat prolix : If you 
think the Whole, or any Part, worthy Publication, 
you are at Liberty to treat it in the Manner that is 
mod agreeable. I fhould be glad from the Premifes 
to fee a rational Method of attempting a Cure 
pointed out. I pleafe myfelf with believing you 
have not quite forgot me, when I add, that I am, 
with great Regard, 
HE Morbus Strangulatorius , with great Pro- 
priety and Juftice thus denominated, has within 
a few Years reigned in feveral Parts of Cornwal with 
great Severity. Many Parifhcs have felt its Cruelty, 
and whole Families of Children, whence its con- 
tagious Nature is but too evident, have, by its fuc- 
ccllive Attacks, been fwept off. Few, very few, have 
cfcaped. 
I do not propofe to fend you an accurate Hiftory 
of this Diforder. This I chearfully leave to fuch 
Gentlemen as have been more converfant in Pradice 
among us, and whofe Penetration, and Judgment, 
SIR, 
Tour fnojl humble Servant , 
John Starr. 
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