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obtruded of blistering^ finng, &c. but they 

 all conie so immediately within the depart- 

 ment of the OPERATIVE FARRiERj that fur- 

 ther animadversion upon the subject will be 

 totally foreign to the present intention — one 

 observation and recommendation only ex- 

 cepted, viz. the necessity, in operations^ of 

 applying to practitioners of eminence, 

 whose judgment and execution will require 

 no greater pecuniary compensation than 

 those whose comparative abilities entitle 

 them to no more than a mere manual assist- 

 ance in furnishing the apparatus. 



Previous to the dismission of this article, 

 I shall, for the accommodation of those v/ho 

 have never seen the publication, introduce 

 the directions given by Osmer for the cure, 

 as they literally appear in a tract of his com- 

 mitted to public inspection about five and 

 twenty years ago ; but, I believe I may ven- 

 ture to affirm, the elaborate operation pro- 

 cured very few converts to the practice. 



^' First clip the hair from the diseas^^d 

 " part; make several punctures on the same, 

 ^' through the skin, Avith a sharp pointed 

 " instrument : make a londtudinai inci iion 



