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A simple Inflammation of the Tonsils,or of other Parts about the Fauces,from its frequently happeningwithout any considerable Hazard attendingit, is commonly look'd upon as a troublesome,rather than a dangerous Disease: And everyone, how little soever conversant in thePractice of Physic, thinks himself qualifiedto conduct the Patient thro' it with Safety.

If a Person complains of Pain in hisThroat upon swallowing, with the Symptomsof a Fever, nothing is thought more expedient,or more frequently order'd, than Bleeding,Purging, and such Medicines as aredaily observed to remove Inflammations ingeneral: And in simple Inflammations thisMethod is warranted to be just, by Reasonand Experience.

But a Disease hath of late Years appearedin this City, in many of the neighbouringVillages, and according to the best InformamationivI have been able to procure, in severalother Parts of this Nation; which, tho' itmay be taken for a common Sore Throat, ora simple Inflammation of the Tonsils, by thosewho are unacquainted with it, is of a verydifferent Nature from the common one, andrequires to be treated in as different a Method:For it has been found by Experience,that those Measures, which seldom fail ofanswering the Prescriber's Expectation inthis Case, frequently produce the most unhappyConsequences in the other, and rendera Disease almost certainly fatal, which ofitself is not often so, in this Country.

Some Instances of Mistakes in this respecthave not long since fallen under my Observation;and there is still a Possibility of thelike happening, as the same Disorder continuesamongst us: It seems therefore necessary,that some Endeavours should be usedto prevent them; and that such a Descriptionof the Disease should be made public,as might enable Practitioners, who have notseen or known it, to distinguish it from thatto which it bears some Resemblance; togetherwith an Account of the Method of treatingit, which hath in general been attendedwith Success.

There are several of the Faculty, who, Ireadily acknowledge, have it more in theirvPower to give the Public Satisfaction onthis Subject, than I have, but their constantEngagements in the Duties of their Profession,will probably hinder those who aremost equal to the Task, from executing it sospeedily as public Utility requires: Wherefo