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its_o prevention_n or_o extinction_n they_o have_v indeed_o write_v whole_a volume_n and_o treatise_n how_o to_o cure_v it_o but_o they_o have_v not_o set_v forth_o in_o vulgar_a language_n any_o defensive_a method_n to_o prevent_v the_o infection_n or_o far_o spread_v of_o that_o abominable_a disease_n they_o have_v not_o propose_v any_o expedient_a to_o root_v it_o out_o from_o the_o européan_a part_n of_o mankind_n certain_o it_o be_v a_o far_o more_o excellent_a piece_n of_o skill_n to_o preserve_v mankind_n from_o disease_n than_o to_o cure_v he_o when_o infect_v and_o sure_o all_o christian_a physician_n ought_v to_o have_v join_v their_o force_n and_o bend_v their_o best_o endeavour_n to_o have_v quell_v so_o formidable_a and_o furious_a a_o enemy_n and_o which_o so_o insolent_o menace_v mankind_n with_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o one_o word_n of_o this_o none_o have_v yet_o instruct_v mankind_n in_o this_o weighty_a affair_n there_o 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