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tills description, the infinite varieties which the 

 same disease presents in different habits, will 

 sufficiently demonstrate the difficulties attending 

 their practice; but the empyric, whose confi- 

 dence ever keeps pace with his want of 

 skill, boldly prescribes the same treatment 

 under every difference of age, sex, and consti- 

 tution. 



Consonant to this was the practice of far- 

 riery, until the establishment of the Veterinary 

 College took place. 



The treatises written on the subject before 

 that period, were found to be so fallacious in the 

 description of diseases, as well as in the propor- 

 tions of drugs prescribed, that it was judged ne- 

 cessary to begin de novo. Horses were procured 



for 



