71._o concern_v the_o blood_n of_o child_n p._n 72._o the_o virtue_n of_o testaceous_a medicament_n p._n 73._o what_o be_v mean_v here_o by_o such_o p._n 75._o the_o extravagant_a give_v of_o opiate_n have_v be_v introduce_v through_o the_o ignorance_n of_o their_o use_n ib._n that_o narcotick_n be_v neither_o necessary_a nor_o safe_a for_o infant_n p._n 77._o the_o danger_n of_o all_o warm_a medicament_n and_o cordial_n in_o the_o cure_n of_o these_o tender_a one_o be_v observe_v p._n 78._o whether_o the_o use_v testaceous_a medicament_n do_v produce_v obstruction_n p._n 79._o what_o my_o opinion_n be_v about_o the_o crissis_n p._n 80._o what_o be_v to_o be_v determine_v concern_v the_o use_n of_o precipitate_v medicament_n p._n 82._o how_o very_o gentle_a fever_n do_v frequent_o become_v such_o as_o be_v call_v malignant_a p._n 84._o the_o constant_a practice_n among_o the_o turk_n in_o cure_v the_o plague_n p._n 86._o the_o notion_n of_o malignity_n be_v refell_v p._n 87._o what_o 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of_o andromachus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o these_o hot_a preserve_v and_o diaphoretic_n remedy_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v eschew_v which_o be_v design_v to_o thrust_v out_o with_o more_o haste_n than_o good_a speed_n these_o pushes_z but_o which_o instead_o of_o be_v cordial_a and_o expulsory_a as_o be_v pretend_v do_v very_o often_o change_v the_o natural_o gentle_a small_a pox_n into_o such_o as_o be_v more_o dangerous_a and_o do_v move_v disturb_z and_o turn_v inward_a the_o measles_n otherwise_o easy_o disappear_v from_o upon_o the_o superfice_n of_o the_o skin_n introduce_v deadly_a difficulty_n of_o breathe_v and_o thoak_v catarrh_n and_o last_o they_o seem_v most_o design_v to_o inflame_v the_o blood_n which_o be_v yet_o but_o moderate_o and_o slight_o warm_v reflect_v upon_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o small_a pox_n i_o have_v frequent_o admire_v how_o this_o hot_a kind_n of_o guide_v have_v so_o much_o prevail_v not_o only_o among_o the_o foolish_a nurse_n but_o physician_n 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who_o strength_n and_o virtue_n be_v most_o temperate_a which_o in_o their_o benign_a and_o gentle_a nature_n be_v next_o to_o those_o that_o suppurate_n which_o exceed_o resist_v the_o universal_a corruption_n of_o the_o body_n and_o last_o which_o neither_o interrupt_v the_o animal_n or_o natural_a function_n or_o render_v they_o irregular_a be_v of_o all_o the_o most_o eligible_a for_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o small_a pox._n i_o can_v maintain_v at_o more_o length_n this_o cause_n and_o so_o extend_v the_o limit_n of_o this_o work_n beyond_o measure_n but_o i_o will_v not_o long_o detain_v the_o reader_n with_o scholastic_a impertinency_n which_o be_v altogether_o useless_a in_o practice_n i_o will_v not_o not_o hunt_v after_o a_o umbrage_n and_o shadow_n of_o more_o than_o ordinary_a learning_n by_o the_o specious_a citation_n of_o author_n cavil_v among_o themselves_o and_o last_o i_o will_v not_o subtle_o undermine_v the_o opinion_n of_o other_o man_n that_o i_o may_v triumph_v 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