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Ttireftions relative to the Prevention and Cure of Disor- 

 ders incident to Perfons employed in Agriculture. 



AFTER the above enumeration of complaints to 

 which perfons thus employed are liable, it is proper 

 I mould offer fomething on the fubject of their cure 

 or relief. This I fhall confider in two views , the 

 firft as to what regards the prevention of diforders, 

 and the fecond as to what regards their cure. 



Perfons that work in hufbandry are neceffarily 

 expofed to the weather in both its extremes of tem- 

 perature. The ill effects therefore of both, it be- 

 hoves us to counteract. Cold in this climate is 

 moft neceffary to be attended to, as its operation is 

 of longer duration; feveral months in the year often 

 requiring us to be on our guard againft cold, whilft 

 cxceffive heat fcarcely lafts more than a few days. 

 Warmth of clothing is the only method, exercife 

 excepted, by which thofe who fpend their life in 

 the open air can guard againft cold, and nothing is 

 more neceffary for fuch perfons as are the fubjects 

 of the prefent confideration, than a proper regard 

 to this article. 



The woollen cloths of our own country are per- 

 fectly well adapted for thefe purpofes, being warm 

 without being too heavy, refilling moifture in a good 



meafure, 



