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206 filthy accumulation, and that all the art of cure consists in removing such accumulations and thoroughly cleansing the machine. As minerals are not generally combustible, he concluded they were unfit for fuel in the stomach, and therefore should not be used as medicines. He declared that an all-wise Creator must have furnished every part of the world with medicine sufficient for the wants of all its inhabitants. All his medical efforts were designed to maintain or increase the inward heat, or life as he called it, and he supposed that whenever this internal heat became reduced as low as the external temperature, the machine must cease to move and the patient die. He called scientific men book-doctors, and lost no opportunity to reproach and deride them. He scouted the idea of learning the art of medicine by study, and declared that study was no more necessary for a doctor than for a cook.

Bold, ardent and sincere, he was listened to with attention, and his remarks fell with force upon his hearers. His disciples saw that he was verily in earnest, and often caught the same