Note B — OBSERVATIONS, &c.
Reading edition
It is unnecessary to notice a variety of groundless opinions, respecting the effects of mercury, which prevail among the vulgar, that it remains for ever in the system, causes a rottenness of the bones, &c. These are similar to the prejudices which prevailed respecting the bark for a long time after its introduction into practice, that it was formed into masses in the stomach and bowels, from which it could never be expelled; that nobody survived the use of it more than seven years, &c.