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Dedication.

the tender huſband, the affectionate wife, fond parents and pious children engrave her name in deep characters on their hearts and will record it forever with gratitude and praiſe.

Equally obliged, ſir, is the nation to you. Your indefatigable attention to inveſtigate the true, ſubtle, and abſtruſe nature of the Small-pox; the great, the ſurpriſingly great improvements you have made on the practice of Inoculation, have rendered it a bleſſing indeed; and merited you the diſtinguiſhed favour and applauſe of the public.