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observed, wrote in latter times) in what 

 he calls ^^ A Treatise on the Diseases and 

 *' Lameness of Horses ;" though an attentive 

 inspection and perusal, prove it decidedly a 

 treatise upon the feet and shoeing ; nothing 

 being introduced either full or explanatory 

 upon the origin or, cure of any disease to 

 which the horse is subject, or any precise or 

 regular method of treatment pointed out ; 

 the very few remedies slightly recommend- 

 ed, being left (in respect to quantity and 

 proportion) entirely at the discretion of the 

 reader. 



In respect to fevers, he includes all under 

 the denomination of a distemper^ and then 

 gives you a description of what he calls 

 *' five different classes or degrees of this dis- 

 ^' ease ;" but, after minutely investigating 

 his explanations, I must confess them so re^ 

 plete with suppositious alternatives, and 

 theoretical uncertainties, that they seem 

 much more evidently calculated to perplex 

 than enlighten a subject, that has hitherto 

 been too much obscured by the illiteracy of 

 some, and the affected or political abstrusity 

 of others. In fact, the purport of the ii^ 



