Discursory thoughts, &c : disputing the constructions of His Majesty's hon. commissioners and crown lawyers, relative to the medicine and horse acts : to which are added, the opinions and resolutions of the farmers in Scotland ... with remarks on the late trials concerning the Medicine Act / by Francis Spilsbury.

  • Spilsbury, Francis
Date:
1785
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    ( # ) tribute. Was this the only circumfiance that fear had to combat, it would not excite my animad- verfion, as the remedy would center with the Legiflature. When I perceive perfons indifcri- minately (hutting up their rooms, their cellars, not only depriving them/elves of the animating light of the fun, but alfo fencing themfelves a- gainft the efTential preferver of health, viz. the vivifying air, which if not fufFered freely to vifit their tenements, ftagnated air, noxious vapors, deadly influenza are the natural confequence, which mufl be expected; mould the heat in the fummer arife to a moderate fcorching degree, the inhabitants fo fituatedv will be alarmed at the fre- quent repetition of the paffing bell. Then will it be faid at Court, Heaven has fent a vifitation, and the bifhops will be defired to compofe a form of prayer ; whilft a few houfe furgeons and phy- iicians, ufually ftiled bricklayers and carpenters, would foon remove the caufe. How far an act would be necelTary to lower the rates of the win- dows, and oblige perfons to open their windows for the fafety of the community, is a matter of fo van: concern, that I wim not to hazard my opinion refpecting an equalization in quantity to the prefent fum of money -now expected from this new experiment. Concerning the circum- ftance of opening the windows, I am pofitive fomething mould be done for the welfare of the public. Were his Majefty to journey to- wards the Weft, to furvey the country, at a dis- tance from fome' dwellings, the pleafing appear- ance which the ftructure forms, might excite a thought, how happy is a monarch, whofe fub- jects enjoy fuch fpacious manfions. On a nearer infpection,
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