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4
PREFACE.
prove
of
great
practical
advantage
;
which
I
think
they
will
do,
as
every
thing
is
given
in
the
shortest
and
plainest
manner.
It
is
almost
needless
to
say
that
I
have
consulted
every
authority
that
I
could
find,
for
the
purpose
of
making
this
a complete
work;
they
are,
however,
too
numerous
to
men-
tion
here,
and
would
be,
moreover,
of
no
benefit
to
the
reader.
With
these
few
prefatory
remarks,
the
book
is
submitted
to
the
public.
M.
La
Fayette
Byiin,
M.
D.
New
York,
February,
1853.