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power of PREJUDICE, as to insure a cure 

 under their o^yn superintendence upon a 

 basis rational, clear, and comprehensive, di- 

 vested of the folly of experiments and cruelty 

 of ancient practice. 



FISTULA. 



A FISTULA is the palpable consequence of 

 general neglect in more instances than one ; 

 first, in not perceiving the saddle's being too 

 wide in the tree, and suffering the inside of 

 the pummel to press so much as not only to 

 pinch, but, by its constant friction, to bruise 

 the part-s, and render an imposthumation or 

 forniation of matter inevitable. I am very 

 sorry to observe, this is seldom taken notice of 

 in time, till the evil has been repeated, and 

 constitutes bruise upon bruise, when an in- 

 flammation and swellino- ensue, threatenino: 

 an- unavoidable suppuration. To this a still 

 greater error succeeds ; for, during the time 

 the process of nature is going on, and the 

 matter contained in the tumour is under- 

 going concoction, or change from inftem- 

 matory or grumous blood, and extravasated 

 lymph, to its state of systematic perfection 



