6 OBSERVATIONS, 



tnterejls offodety. Though, after prefcribing 

 thefe dreadful remedies, he modeftly confeffes 

 " in the adminiftration there is great danger ; 

 ^* and, unlefs a horfe is very ftrong, he rnay not 

 " be able to recover from the experiment." 



This is dodirine (and do3rifie) with a wit- 

 nefs ! Thefe are the kinds of experiments^ and 

 this the kind of language that has for two 

 centuries been held forth in almoft every tradl 

 upon the fubjed : and, under thefe abfurd, 

 ridiculous, dangerous, and contemptible bur- 

 lefques upon the application of medicine, wil| 

 any man, who wifhe§ w^U to the caufe of 

 humanity y fay fome rational fyftem of redtiii- 

 cation and improvement is not neceffary, to 

 refcue from the danger of perpetual experi-^ 

 ments the nobleft and moft valuable quadruped 

 in the creation ! 



The palpable neceffity for fuch improve- 

 ment having been univerfally admitted ^r^i;/^«j 

 to the firft edition of this work, it \%fince ren- 

 dered m.ore abjolutely needful by the recent re-* 

 furredion of ancient praBice^ modornifed in a 

 different form and periodical appearance *. It has 

 * A Syitem of Farriery, in weekly numbers. 



8 evidently 



