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whole list of his advertised medicines, has 

 ever reached the author. On the contrary, 

 innumerable congratulations upon their va- 

 rious good eftects are constant in arrival ; but 

 as declarations bearing so much the appear- 

 ance of fashionable attachment to self^inte^ 

 rest, will not be universally believed pal- 

 pable proofs of their genuine utility, the 

 applicable introduction of a few concise in- 

 stances of their acknowledged efficacy can- 

 not be considered obtrusive, when evidently 

 and equally adapted to the promotion of 

 public good. 



B'jfore I proceed to the investigation and 

 proper treatment of thorn-wounds, punc- 

 tured or lacerated tendons, and their dread- 

 ful effects, it becomes absolutely necessary 

 I refer the reader to my conclusive remarks 

 upon WiNDGALLS, in the class under that 

 head, in the early part of the Stable Di- 

 rectory, where it will be found how very 

 emphatically I have represented the hazard^ 

 the danger (not to add the/b//j/) of attempt- 

 ing their cure by perforation, and endea- 

 voured to inculcate, mod forcibly , X\^q only 

 'probability of succeeding in the effort, by 



