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Tons, whom he knows, have done the fame, with the fame 
fuccefs. We are afraid, however, that the experience of 
.other inoculators does not afford fo favourable a refult. 
We believe that in this country the mortality is often oc- 
cafioned by improper treatment; and, from comparing the 
accounts which we have received from practitioners of 
■extenfive experience, and undoubted veracity, we believe 
that, where the treatment is proper from the beginning, 
the fymptoms very rarely arife to an alarming height, and 
that the mortality is not fo great as one in 600. And 
this eftimate nearly correfponds with Dr. Woodville’s very 
great experience. It mutt be allowed, that patients in 
an hofpital are fubjeft to l'ome difadvantages, which may 
be avoided in private practice ; yet, out of the laft 5600 
■cafes of variolous inoculation at the inoculation-hofpital, 
prior to the publication of the doctor's Reports, the mor¬ 
tality did not exceed one in 600 ; and we may fafely con¬ 
jecture that much time will elapfe before a teftimony can 
be given in favour of cow-pox inoculation, that fhall 
outweigh the following fa£t related by Dr. Woodville : 
“From January to Augult inclufive, out of upwards of 
3700 patients inoculated at the inoculation-hofpital, in¬ 
cluding the in and out patients, only two died ; both of 
whom were of the latter defci iption.” 
INOC'ULATOR,yi One that practifes the inoculation 
of trees. One who propagates the fmall-pox by inocula¬ 
tion.—Had John-a-Gaddefden been now living, he would 
have been at the head of the inoculators. Freind's Hift. of 
Phyfic. 
To INO'DIATE, v. a. [from in, Lat. on, and odi, to 
bate.] To render odious ; to difgrace. Not much ufcd. Scott. 
INOD'ORATE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
cdoratus, fweet-fcented.] Having - no fcent; void of ftnell. 
—Whites are more inodorate than flowers of the fame kind 
coloured. Bacon. 
INODOR A'TION, / The aft of perfuming. Cole. 
INOD'OROUS, adj. Wanting fcent; not affecting the 
nofe.—The white of an egg is a vifcous, unaClive, inli¬ 
pid, inodorous, liquor. Arbuthnot. 
INOFFEN'SIVE, adj. Giving no fcandal ; giving no 
provocation.—However intrffienfive we may be in other parts 
of our conduCt, if we are found wanting in this trial of 
our love, we fhall be difowned by God as traitors. Rogers. 
—-Giving no uneafinefs ; caufing no terror.—Should in¬ 
fants have taken offence at any thing, mixing pleafant 
and agreeable appearances with it mult be ufed, ’till it be 
grown inojfenfive to them. Locke. —Harm Ids; hurtlel's; in¬ 
nocent : 
With whate’er gall thou fet’fl thyfelf to write. 
Thy inoffenfve fatires never bite. Dryden. 
Unembarrafled ; without flop or obftruCtion. A Latin mode 
offpcech : 
From hence a paffage broad, 
Smooth, eafy, inoffitnfive, -down to hell. Milton. 
INOFFENSIVELY, adv. Without appearance of harm ; 
without harm. 
INOFFEN'SIVENESS, f. Harmleflnefs; freedom from 
appearance of harm. 
INOFFICIOUS, adj. Not civil ; not attentive to the 
accommodation of others. Unlit for any office.—Thou 
<1 row Aft thyfelf in inofficious fleep. B. Jonfon. —Regardlefs 
of natural obligation.—Suggefting, that the pSir-fet- Aad 
loft the life of his reafon, when he made the inofficious tel- 
lament. Blackfrn>\ 
INOFFI'CIOUSNESS, f. Incivility, inattention to the 
accommodation of others. 
INOLI'THUS, f. in mineralogy, a genus of calcareous 
earths, conlifting of carbonat of lime, carbonic acid gas, 
and a little iron ; entirely foluble in nitric acid with ef- 
fervefcence ; fibrous, parafitic, foft, lightilh, breaking into 
indeterminate fragment. 
Species. 1. Inolithus filamentofus, fibrous limeltone or 
alabafter: with the fibres parallel. There is a variety 
%'ith a rich fattiny luftre, called fatin fpfir. This fpecies 
I N O 
is found in Ruffia, Poland, Germany, Saxony, and Bohe¬ 
mia, with fibres ftraight or a little curved. The fatin 
fpar is found about a mile from Aifton in Cumberland, 
wafhed by the river Tyne, near the level of its bed. Co¬ 
lour white with fometimes a rofy tinge from a diluted mix¬ 
ture of oxyd of iron, and tranfmits-light from the edges 
or in thinner pieces ; fracture in the direction of the ftria; 
fibrous, ftraight or curved. Specific gravity from 2-709 
to 2-721 ; contains carbonic acid 47-6, corbonat of lime 
50-08, water of cryftallization 2-308, and fometimes iron 
* 012 . 
2. Inolithus acerofus: with the fibres fafcicled. Found 
at Schemniz in Hungary; white or yeliowifh, yellow, yel. 
low-brown, or flefti-colour. 
3. Inolithus Itellaris: with the fibres diverging in a 
ftellate manner, of a common figure. Found in calca¬ 
reous mountains in Germany, and in the mines of Bohe¬ 
mia and Hungary; white, fometimes yeliowifh or cine¬ 
reous. 
4. Inolithus flos ferri -. ramulous, with the fibres di¬ 
verging in a ftellate manner. Found in the iron-mines of 
Heidenheim in Wirtemburg, in Styermarch, Carinthia, 
and Hungary, fometimes mixed with iron, but more fre¬ 
quently upon iron-ftone; generally fnovvy, fometimes yel- 
lowifti. 
INOPA'COUS, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, and 
opacus, dufky.] Free from obfeurity; open; clear. Cole. 
INOPERA'TIO, f Of the legal excufes to exempt a 
man from -appearing in court, one is, inoperationis caufa, 
viz. on the days in which all pleadings are to ceafe, or in 
diebus non juridicis. Leg. H. I. c. 61. 
INOPHYL'LUM, f. in botany. See Calophyllum. 
INOP'INAT-E, adj. [ inopinatus, Lat. inopine, Fr.] Not 
expected. 
INO'PIOUS, adj. [from in, Lat. and opus, need.] Poor; 
needy. Cote. 
INOPORTU'NE, adj. [ inopportunus , Lat.] Unfeafon- 
able; inconvenient. 
INOF'TABLE, • adj. [from h, Lat. contrary to, and 
opto, to vvifh.] Unfit to be deft red. Cole. 
INOP'ULENT, adj. Not wealthy.—That reft being 
ever falfe, which is taken amongft inopulcnt and ftrong 
neighbours. Sir A. S her ley's Travels. 
INO'PUS, a fountain in Delos, facred to Apollo. The 
name is a plain compound of Ain, and Opus, Fons Py- 
thonis. Bryant. 
l'NOR, a town of France, in the department of the 
Meufe: three miles north of Stenay, feven weft of Mont- 
medy. 
INOR'DINACY, f. [from inordinate.} Irregularity; 
diforder. It is fafer to ufe inordination. —They become 
very finful by the excels, which were not fo in their na¬ 
ture : that inordinacy lets them in oppofition to God’s de- 
fignation. Government of the Tongue. 
INOR'DINATE, adj. \in and ordinatus, Lat.] Irre¬ 
gular; diforderly; deviating from right.—Thefe people 
were wifely brought to allegiance; but, being ftraight; 
left unto their own inordinate life, they forgot what be-, 
fore they were taught. Spenfer. 
Thence raife 
At laft diftemper’d difcontented thoughts; 
Vain hopes, vain arms, inordinate defires, 
Blown up with high conceits engend’ring pride. Milton. 
Inordinate Proportion, is where the order of the 
terms compared is dilturbed or irregular. As, for ex¬ 
ample, in two ranks of numbers, three in each rank, 
viz. in one rank, - - - - - 2, 3, 9 
and in the other rank, 8, 24, 36 
which are proportional, the former to the latter, but in 
a different order, viz. - - - 2 : 3 :: 24 : 36 
and - - - 3 : 9 :: 8 : 24 
then, cafting out the mean terms in each rank, it is con¬ 
cluded that - - - - - 2 : 9 :: 8 : 36 
that is, the firft is to the 3d in the firlt rank, as the firft- 
is to the 3d in the fecond rank. 
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INORDINATELY, 
