This is, however, a kind of Horſe-medicine, which requires a very robuſt Conſitution to digeſt, and is therefore only proper for the Vulgar, unleſs in one ſingle Inſtance, viz. where Superiority of Birth breaks out; in which Caſe, we ſhould not think it very improperly applied by any Huſband whatever, if the Application was not, in itſelf ſo baſe, that, like certain Applications of the Phyſical Kind which need not be mentioned, it ſo much degrades and contaminates the Hand employed in it, that no Gentleman ſhould endure the Thought of any Thing ſo low and deteſtable.
The whole Family were ſoon reduced to a State of perfect Quiet: For the Virtue of this Medicine, like that of Electricity, is often communicated through one Perſon to many others, who are not touched by the Inſtrument. To ſay the Truth, as they both operate by Friction, it may be doubted whether there is not ſomething analogous between them, of which Mr. Freke would do well to enquire before he publiſhes the next Edition of his Book.
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