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' origin, no systematic mode of treatment, 

 ^ or probability of cure, but in the, Stable 

 ' Directory ; which had given him so perfect 

 * a representation of farrieks' practice in 

 ' general, that he was determined to intrust 

 ' no case of consequence to their manage- 

 ' ment, and enjoined me to undertake tiic 

 ^ superintendance ' I found, upon inquiry, 

 the mare iiad been bled in an early stage of 

 the appearance; but, the owner being a 

 long tune absent from home, the mare had 

 been continued at full feed, and no medi- 

 cinal step taken to re.'itrain or counteract the 

 progress of disease. 



That I might tjje better ascertain the pre- 

 sent state of the blood, I ordered three pints 

 to be taken away, which, almost inune- 

 diately after its extravasation, formed a rigid 

 coagulum, producing upon the surface a coat 

 of size, more than two inches thick, so very 

 viscid that a pen-knife, exceedingly sharp, 

 barely effected its separation, the crassa- 

 mentimi uncommonly livid and adhesive, 

 denoting a ^reat decree of inflammation. 



This vi»as the exact state I liad reason to 



