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Impedlnent of lamenefs, whicli will in time 

 inevitably enfue, if not prevented by redudtion 

 or extirpation. Much advice, and many 

 directions, might here be obtruded oiblijlering^ 

 Jiring, 6cc, but they all come fo imm_ediatelj 

 within the department of the operative 

 FARRIER, that further animadverfion upon 

 the fubjedl will be totally foreign to the pre- 

 fent inteniion — one obfervation and recom- 

 mendation only excepted, viz. the necefiity, 

 m operations y of applying to praditioners of 

 EMINENCE, whofe judgment and execution 

 will require no greater pecuniary compeniation 

 than thofe whofe comparitive abilities entitle 

 them to no more than a mere 'manual ajjijiance 

 in furnifhing the apparatus. 



Previous to the difm.iilion of this article, 

 I Ihall, for the accomodation of thofe who 

 have never ittw the publication, introduce 

 the directions given by Osmer for the cure, 

 as they literally appear iji a trad: of his com- 

 mitted to public infpedlion about five and 

 twenty years ago; but, I believe I may ven- 

 ture to afiirm, the elaborate operation procured 

 very few converts to the pracStice, 



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