Excerpt from Reply to Dr. James Carmichael Smyth: Containing Remarks on His Letter to Mr. Wilberforce, and a Further Account of the Discovery of the Power of Mineral Acids in a State of Gas to Destroy Contagion I.muft, however, referve the difcuflion of thefe collateral topics for another occafion. In importance, they yield to no fubjee'cs of merely human enquiry, and, demand therefore to be difcufied with candour and deliberation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.