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NOTICE is hereby given,
to all persons having any Demands against the Office of
Lieutenant, that they do immediately produce their
Accounts, with their Vouchers, to the Sub-lieutenant
that presides over the diftria in which they reside, or to
^ the subscriber, in order for payment.
WILLIAM COATS,
Jan. 16. Lieutenant of Philadelphia County.
In the Press and will be Published in May
next,
By Styner and Cift,
Printers in Second-street, THE
FIRST LINES
OF THE
PRACTICE of PHYSIC,
By William Cullen, M. D. & P.
The Author of this Work is too well
known in the literary world to stand in need of much
commendation. He has produeeda revolution in phy
sic. His system is now adopted in Britain, and begins
to make its way into France, Holland and Germany.
The above work is the Text Book of his Le&urrs on
the prs& ce of physic; but comprehends the outlines
of his discoveries on the causes and cures of diseases.
The EDITOR is happy in an opportunity of intro
ducing them to the Knowledge of the Faculty and Stu
dents of Medicine in America. Ha hopes they will
be doubly acceptable to the Ph, ficisns and Surgeons of
the Army and Navy of the United St tes.
They will be printed in a neat Octavo Volume, and
the price will be as rcafonable as is consistent with the
present high price of paper and labour.
A Specimen of this New Edition may be seen at the
Printers.
TO BE SOL D,
By Francis Bailey,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,
A Table of French Verbs,
Auxiliaries, Regulars and Irregulars,
C°: ^^" ed throughout all their Tenses a^d Moods ;
And shewing how to form their Simple Tenses from
their Infinitive Mood,
And how to find their Infinitive Moods from their
„Terminations:
Together with REMARKS on particular IRREGU.
, , ± A LARITIE3.
Inscribed to the American Philosophical
TA n'° CIETYf B Y M - Carre.
Ihis TABLE is particularly calculated f>r the use
the ceLeges, Schools and academies where the French
language is taught; and it is not only fit for begin
ners, but even lorperlons who have already acquired a
k "°, d ^ o' th - French tongue; the
dumber ^irregularity of the French verbs being fel.
fo^ kn ° wn d even by natives; this Table ffiews
finale ^°a "'"'a manner, and one may, at a
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away. WILLIAM MOORE. Dec 5
SATURDAY,
VOL. X. ]
ffioo^
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
IMPOSSIBLE is it seriously to refl^a on the
narrow limits of human life, and that another very
large portion of our tirae, even the term of a whole
year, hath elapsed, without being sensibly attested at
the near approach of that hour which will put a period
to our exifttnee in time, and uiher us into the regions
of eternity.
This important moment is contemplated by the right
eous, thole who have so improved the talent of time as
to have attained the riches of grace, not only without
trepidation' and fear, but even with complacency and
delight. For however temporary interests and connexi
ons may demand their attention, or occasionally, in an
inattentive season, absorb too great a degree of their
affections, habitually their love is supremely fixed on
that most holy, beneficent and divine Being, the Fa
ther of nature and Lord of companion, who hath ab
foivec itheir offences, through the merits of his son, re
novated their hearts by the energy of his ipirit, and
qualified them for the enjoyments of his presence: a
Spiritual apprehension of which, through the medium of
faith, of the smiles of their Saviour, and of the ineffa
ble and everiafting honors and glories, and joys of his
kingdom would occasion them, were they to be atten
tive to their own happiness only, melt ardently to de
sire a deliverance from those years which may yet await
them, and immediately to " pass through the valley
of the Shadow of death."——As their treasures are above,
unremitted and fervent are their aspirations after the
poffXfion of their celestial inheritance, and nothing
but the latisfaftion of doing good, the expe&atfon of
arriving to -eater eminence in virtue, and an entire
acquiescence in the divine will, cause them "in pati
ence to possess their fouls," and, vith submission, to
" wait all the days of their appointed time, till their
change shall come."
Not so is it with him who hath consumed his time in
impiety, who hath been ragardlefs of his almighty Crea
tor and munificent Benefaa^r, except to offend him by
deeds of wickedness, and who is ever obnoxious to the
power of his dupieafure. The finful wretch cannot
v ' ew 'he time of his death, but with sensations the most
painful. His foul, indeed, is appalled and possessed by
terror, when he recognizes that awful second which will
at once rob him of the world, and of its guilty pleafurer,
and precipitate him into endless and inconceivable mi
lery, which will seclude him the happiness of Heaven,
carer him with iafamy, and pierce him with the an
gailh of remorse and tels-revenge. The gulf of despair,
the images of ho, ror and feenes of woe which will then
be perceptible to bis fight, may juftiy occtfion the foul
to be ftiuck with dilmay, shrink back on itfelf with
fear, repine at its existence, and wifli a state of annihi
lation.
The person who to himfelf is confeious that he is
e <r°'"' '° '"' maleriiaioq, of the divine law, that his
actions are attended by vice, his thoughts polluted by
tin, and that his years have been marked by indolence,
it is piefumed be will awake from his sloth, gratefully
adore that divine mercy which hath yet preserved him
from divine juftiee, permit wisdom to predominate to
excite him to contrition, and to direct his steps in the
path ofholinefs. Solicitous will he be, it is hoped, that
new year to him fliall be happy, by its becoming
the beginning of a new life; that in future new fhaU
be the objeX of hisefteem, the pursuit of his ambition,
pifures of his heart ; and that no longer he
will fuffir himfelf to be allured by the tirifel of vanity,
to be divested of peace by the reproaches of guilt, or be
liable to wrath through the demerits offin. If he is
.^lengthened by youth, he will rejoice that he may yet
be enabled to devote years to the service of his God;
but if debilitated by age, he will be particularly anx
ious to “ redeem the time," because his “ days have
been evil."
Foe man of goodness will deplore his infirmities,
and lament that his life of holing, innocence and uti
lity hath not been more conformable to the all-peif<&
example of his divine Redeemer. His proficiency in
grace will date his foul, and a r«trofpe& of his a&s of
as e y ince the justness of his faith, his
heavenly extract and affiance 0 the divine favour and
T" '° lace him if in ^ion, sustain him
- by ^P tatlo ”, inspire him with new reso
lutions of piety, ffimulate him with invincible fortitude,
to perfev^re in the chuftian course, and to rife superior
to every impediment in the way of falvation.'
1 ^3 anting, the faint will revere his character ex
^p^re™""^ add luftret ° f F lend ° r > and felicity
Thus a&ing the finner will retrieve his name, do
honour to chuft^ty, e s cape p erditic , n , and en ?er up
on a new state on the commencement of the New Year
philagathus. °
January 1, 1781.
On the Subject of the NEW-YEAR.
O R, THE
THE
The north-east corner of Market and Scco r d.ftrretsj
1 he following genuine Patent Medicines, viz.
TT ARLEM Oil, Keyfer's Pilis, Btern n's Drops,
Daffy's Elixir and Turlington's B lfam of Life;
Dr. Ryan's incomparable, Worm destroying
SUGAR PLUMBS,
Necessary to be kept in all Families.
CO exceedingly valued by al! people who have had of
them in Great. Britain and Ireland, for their tranf
cendant excellency in the destroying worms of all kinds,
both in the bodies of men, women and children, by
not only breaking the knots of the Duodenum, or guts
next the stomach, but they pass through the imairift
parages of the body, and purge away those ropy and
limy humours which are the cause of those pernicious
vermin, and the source of many other disorders: They
are one of the bed purges in the world for gross bodied
children that are apt to breed worms, and have large
bellies; their operation is mild, fafe and pliafiwt, they
wonderfully ck&nfe the bowels of all (tiff and Jammy
humours, which step up the parts and prevent the juice
°', '°°^ being conveyed to the liver and made blood,
which is often the case with children, and is artended
with a hard belly, stinking breath, frequent fevers,
rickets, and a decay of strength in the lower prrts:
L^k^ wfe fettled head-aehs and pains in the head, swel
lings, old fores, scabs, tetters or breakings out, will
be perft&ly cured, and the blood and ikin eftored to
its original purity and smoothness; they purge oy urine,
rod bring away the gravel, and ^ffe&ualiy cure all ob
ftruaions of the urine or ulcers in the kidneys. They
at once strike at the true cause of the scurvy and entirely
destroy it, and all scorbutic humours and eift&s, oot
and branch, so as never to return again ; and what
makes them more commendable is, they are full as agree
able to both taste and fight as loaf sugar.
I have by these plumbs cured a great many children
of whooping or chin coughs and agues, which diftemp
cts are very common and troublesome to families, and
the want of these plumbs are the ruin of many child
rens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mass of
blood, carry off all gross, corrupt and putrid humours,
and create a frefh and healthy complexion in such as are
a£&ed by any putrid matter.
Toe plumb is a great diuretick, cleansing the reins of
slime ; it expels wind, And is a sovereign niedicme in
the cholic and griping of the guts. It allays and car
ries eff lour vapours which occasion manv disorders in
the head. It opens all ohftru&ions in the ft^mach, lungs,
liver, reins and bladder; causes & good appetite and
heips di^tftion. It hath been found wonderfully fuc
ceftful to such persons as are going into chronic distemp
ers, as asthmas, phthdics, or (hortnefs of breath, drop
lies and yellow jaundice. Now I hope all impartial
persons are fatisfied, that the medicine which works up-,
on such humours, will almost reach any distemper, if
not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction are
the forerunners ofall difeafesj therefore no better phy
lc can be taken for all ages, sexes and constitutions
from infancy to old age. These plumbs are highly ser
viceable to the female sex, from the age of fourteen to
twenty years, and from forty to fifty. Each bdx con
tains one dozen of these plumbs, price Ten Killings
with printed dire&ions." ° '
• Diognoftic Signs of Worms.
Paleness in the face, itching of the nose, hollowness
of the eyes, gating of the [teeth when asleep, dullness,
pains and heav^n^fs in the head, a dry cough and itch
ing in the fundament, white and thick urine, unquiet
fl:ep, often Parting, loft appetite, swelled belly, knaw
ing and biting about the liomach, frightful dreams, ex
treme thirsts, the body decayed and lean, fits, often
vomiting, stinking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them.
A child from I to , years may eat one plumb, from
2 to 4 oae and a half, from 4 to 6 two, from 6 to $
two and a h^f, from 8 to iz three, from iz to 15, and
aila ove the age, may eat 4 plumbs, one hour or two
before up-nfing, not to drink during that time but af
terwards drink warm tea, whey or water gruel; in tak
mg them, the patient must day two or three days be
twixt each dofe.'
In agu:s the famequantity muff be taken, two, three
or four hours before the fit comes on, "and be repeated
three times. In whooping or chin coughs give the
quantity abovementioned.
TO BE SO L D,
By James Davidson, No. I,
JANUARY 20; 178^
[NUMB. 700.