68 LAMENESS. 



methods of cure before prefcribed, with every 

 poffible portion of reft, (and when ufed, that 

 life exceedingly moderate) will not prove the 

 moft advantageous and leaft dangerous fyftem 

 that can be purfued to effedt the defired pur- 

 pofe, 



LAMENESS 



Is a fubjeft of fo much univerfality, in fadl 

 an event arifing from fuch a variety of caufes, 

 that it can never be thought inapplicable to 

 enumerate the moft probable from which fuch 

 defed may be occafioned ; thereby exciting a 

 proper degree of inveftigation, afcertaining to 

 a certainty by thefe means what very fre- 

 quently, from want of care^ accuracy y and 

 attention^ in the examination, is fixed errone- 

 oully on an improper part, or attributed to a 

 wrong caufe, as a mere matter of opinion, and 

 confequently liable to the full force of inju- 

 dicious or inconfiftent treatment, with its long 

 train of inconveniences. 



Exclufive of the diftinft kind of lamenefs 

 proceeding from strains, very different de- 

 grees may be occafioned by blows or bruises 



upon 



