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2 ffuhiernaim, "'ho- daily enjoyed his glass ot beer
3 and his pipe, took both these favorites under his pro¬
4 tection, declaring- then less ol noxious than tea and
5 coffee ; but, who can blame me lor having inclinations
6 of au opposite cast? I cannot endure strong leer,
7 and smoking produces nausea, vvhiht 1 find tea and
8 coffee very agreeable, never experiencing the slightest
9 injurious effect front either of them, for, 1 ,am accus¬
10 tomed to both. . Similar results will necessarily occur
11 to every one w ho habitually uses certain special articles
12 of diet. We daily consume a considerable quantity
13 of common salt, in our various dishes. Many would
14 be surprised, could they see the yearly utnount collected
15 into .one mass; and would be inclined to, think, that,
16 om stomachs, and, perhaps, cur intestines, also, would
17 finally become crusted with a coat of salt: yet; whilst
18 ill combination with our diet, it docs nut produce any
19 striking, or sensible effects, it, nevertheless, proves a
20 very efficacious remedy, when adminislered as a medica¬
21 ment, in proper doses.
22 On attentively considering what 1 have just stated,
23 the reader cannot think it extraordinary that I regard
24 the tm medical systems, Alloeoputhia and Hmnaiopatltut,
25 us two opposite poles. The first, rushes into the field,
26 armed with enormous pills-, and bottles of all sizes,
27 containing the most powerful mixtures, striking at the
28 foe with wild and deadly force; tire other, with less
29 martial display, attacks the enemy in a manner which
30 seems the quintessence of feebleness and inertia—a
31 small case, containing pygmean ilasks. filled with lilli-
32 pntian pills, which the least breeze would scatter to
33 the wind , and a fc.v minute drops, are all the direful