176ll.]  A  FTER  practitioners  have  had  so  much  expe-
XjL  rience  in  treating  this  disease,  and  after  so
na&y  books  have  been  published  upon  the  subject,  it  de««
not  seem  .necessary,  or  even  proper,  for  me  to  attempt  any
fiill  treatise  concerning  it ;  and  I  shall  therefore  confine
myself  to  such  general  remarks,  as  may  serve  to  illustratsb
sotoe  parts  of  the  pathology  or  of  the  practice.
