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of this sentence, their 7node of practice was 

 adopted to extirpate an itching by a course of 

 cauterization ; and there is no doubt but a 

 poor devil would feel very little uneasiness 

 from a cutaneous irritation when burning alive 

 with a combination of the most powerful 

 CAUSTICS. That these PRESCRIP- 

 TIONS were in full practice upon the prin- 

 ciple of ^' kill or cure/' no one will deny ; 

 for, as Gibson says, when he speaks of the 

 internal administration of corrosive mercury, 

 or other poisons, *^ the horse must have a 

 ** very strong constitution to recover it :'* 

 and I will, in opposition to the confidence 

 and self-sufficiency of any farrier in the 

 kingdom, declare the above course of unc- 

 tion (and extreme unction it certainly is) hath 

 sent more HORSE-FLESH to the different 

 do^'kennels than the disease itself. That the 

 poor distressed and emaciated subjects may 

 in future be in some decree rescued from 

 such a dreadful scene of unmerited misery 

 and PERSECUTION, such methods ^v^ pointed 

 out as will certainly eradicate the disease, with 

 proper attention and punctuality, unless it 

 has been suffered, by a long and neglected 

 continuance, to assume a degree oiiyiveteracy ; 



