Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-16
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achrislian, t0furnlsh every thlng Whicn
\ NAV contribute 10 shr comfort and service
Of our brethren lit is daty imposed by
the second great commandment given 10
the law, aul established by our Lord and
Savior JrsAs Christ, Ito love our neigh
bors as ourselves" which he has left as .
criterion or mar Of our d;scipleshiP. BY
,his,s says he, shall all men Jrws, Turks
and Infdsis) know ye are my disciples, II.
ys have love one to another" John Kill.
S.; and as guard against any person as
suming the gseai christian name. without
this sure mark, and shersby incurring the
conde moation Of Hypocrisy. 1T a man
say, Hove God, aud hatch his brother,
he is liar, for he that love,h not his bro-.
,hcr, whom he hath seep. how can he
Il loss God, whom he hath not seen" John
5 w 20
81 w,ise this under conscious suppression
Of being serviceable to my brethren, q
which i include The universal family OF
maakind, add not this or that particular de.
l1omina,ion of christians, or part OF the
glSb.. The man who in spiri. and in truth,
possesses the love of God, dares not con
nact his sease ct the words brother or
neighbor to any less sphere, for" Of Truth,
& / perceive that God is 90 respecter OF per.
sons but in every nation, he that feareth
him aud worke,h righteousness, is accept
ed swah sim," acts x 81. So: therefore
let no man cali com mon and unclean, that
; which the Lord hath purified for his use &
acceptance.
! write not TO ipaame the spi,it of con.
troversy, andif aoy should attack me upon
this psireiple, my defence Will rest in IN
flexible silence. wife not for the praise
Bat the, gse eff men have view TO a bet
ser reward; therefore esteem not what
men may say Of me-, whilst ! have the
praise of 40 approving conscience.
sJ.e, no medical character be displeased
WIKI what have writlsn, should their own
opinions be .diifsrent from mice. am Of.
ferir5 hing but what has been before
Skaewn; bu, merely presenting my opinions
and success in this practice. ipresend not
10 be wishou, errer. am open TO con-
yincement, and Therefore solicit, as a,ser-
vice due to maokiod aod a favor offered TO
myself, thar if any professional character
has any thing further to offer Oh this formi
sdabIei disease (con6ned mostly to children)
he willcome forward With IL, as contrlbut
ing something TO the general stock OF good
done. and not in the spirit ct controver-
sy, which m serve only TO narlts utlli'
~.
The Cynanche Trachealis, or Group, isa
disease much more common in this country
than auyothrr ! was ever in In short,
neser witnessed case of st'n arrivedin
Baltimore and necessarily, in the CON-
me nee ment Of my practice, have been more
shan once rusuccsssfol. The symptoms
.characterizirg this disease, / shall not at.
tempt 10 describe. Words, I consider in.
adequate 10 convey correct knowledge OF
it. tits only 10 be obtained by visiting pa.
tien,s laboriug under i. it is, ] believe,
unlike every thing else; it is of pature SO
peculiarly distressing, that nice observer
need only vi ness a case, never 10 forget
il. I would therefore advise every one,
more especially parents, TO visit the little
sufferers, if j, be only for information: for
the tai mistake of ignorance, suppesing
tito be only an unusual hparseness, from
which il essentially differs, has consigned
Numbers to a premature grave, that might
have been restored by timely assist
< auce.
Its, Think, evidently of an inAamma-
tory KIDD, from the sfnorescence or red.
ness observed onihc smygdala and fauces
of the throat, aud alsoea continuation of
this appearances, discovered by dissection,
4 Oh the internal surface of the trachea or
windpipe, from which, by small glandalar
bodies. is given out viscous cianamy ma.
Gus, which forms a follicnlar rae mbranous
coating, aud constitutes the disease.