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HTs cures, almost incredible^ are then enu- 

 merated ; you are told oi three liorses he tre- 

 panned, each in two places: the internal 

 parts were constantly syringed, and they 

 were perfectly recovered ; '' the wound and 

 '' perforation filling up in tWenty-six days, 

 "' the horses suffering; no inconvenience from 

 '^ the operation, though after this experi- 

 '' ment they were PUT TO. DEATH/^ 

 ]\Iany quotations might be introduced upon 

 which I could much enlarge, but in so do- 

 ing, such observations would unavoidably 

 extend to too great a lengtli ; and, as some 

 just satire upon such unaccountable absur- 

 dities must appear, I shall endeavour to 

 render it perfectly applicable to the subject 

 before us. 



In the fust instance, it may not be amis.'^ 

 to make proper acknowledgments to the 

 French King's farrier, and his trumpeter , Jslw 

 Bartle^, for dividing and subdividing c^e 

 into scveh distinct (or imaginary) diseases : in 

 short, upon accurate investigation, we find 

 tlie fertile M. La Fosse (and his echo) have 

 defined six different discharges from the nos- 

 trils to constitute so many (nominal) glan- 



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