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menftruum or folvent for that portioit 
which conffitutes their bafls ; that the fcro- 
phulous acrimony is likewife prepared by 
the lymphatic glands (Dr. Cullen is like¬ 
wife of this opinion, although at firfl: he 
fufpeCted a peculiar acrimony in the blood); 
that all the fcrophulous affections, fuch as 
the taenia capitis, eruptions in the fkin, in¬ 
dolent fwellings, &c. are the effects of 
morbific humour, originally elaborated in 
the lymphatic fyftem, provided thefe af¬ 
fections are not hereditary or acquired by 
way of contagion ; that other acrimo¬ 
nies which affeCt the fkin, have likewife 
their origin in the lymphatic fyftem j 
that the fpleen, under certain circum- 
ftances, fecretes a fluid which attacks the 
gums, or produces ulcers on the fliins. 
Hippocrates has afferted, that thofe 
who have a large fpleen, are fubjeCt 
to thefe ulcers if they had not any 
bleeding or foetor of the breath.—- 
. “ Lenies 
