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 governments are permitted to answer your Questions, I take the Freedom of answering the first of the Two which are still held up for Discussion, viz. "What is the most elegible mode of increasing and propagating Medical Knowledge in the State of Connecticut."

The Clouds of Darkness and Ignorance which hover over the minds of many, who pretend to be Practitioners, in Physic, in consequence of the ridiculous Modes of Instruction in many parts of Our American Borders, makes your Question a Matter of very great Importance; and a rational Answer is a Subject highly worthy of the Attention of any Physician, who wishes to promote the Health and Happiness of his Fellow Mortals. I have travelled in some of the European Kingdoms, and in many parts of America: have been sundry times through Connecticut; but am not so well acquainted with your Modes of Instruction, and Methods of Practice, as I am with the Modes and Methods in some of the other American States, and European Countries; and am therefore not so capable, perhaps, of pointing out such things a may be agreeable to you, as those more acquainted with your internal Police. I shall, however, endeavour to Answer your Question according to the best of my capacity.

I beg leave, Gentleman, to mention,

First, The Qualifications necessary for a Physician.

Secondly, To describe the various Modes of Medical Instruction, and the methods used in introducing Imposters