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always depend upon the judgment and atten- 

 tion of the operator ; for the directions fi om 

 books are always doubtful and seldom de- 

 cisive. Nor can it be believed that dijfiferent 

 horses lamed in this part, or strained in that, 

 will all step^ halt^ or retreat in the same man- 

 ner ; if so, I may venture to affirm the idea 

 will be frequently as lame as the horse ! 



To ascertain the seat of disease to a cer- 

 tainty, the judicious investigator will depend 

 much on the eye, more on the touch ; and, 

 if assisted by observation and experience, he 

 will very rarely err in the effect of his judcr- 

 ment ; for, his minute examination beinsr 

 made with a necessary attention to concur-^ 

 ring circumstances, he will seldom fail to 

 convey a true state of the case upon almost 

 every investigation. 



Previous to the final dismission of this ar- 

 ticle, it may not he inapplicable to introduce 

 the composition of a blister in great estima- 

 tion, and of a different form, calculated for 

 those who may be in some degree attached 

 to iht former mode of practice, and indulge 

 their doubts of the efficacy of the liquid 

 blister before described : 



