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a combination of the moil powerful caustics^ 

 That THESE PRESCRIPTIONS were in full 

 pra(flice upon the principle of " kill or cure/' 

 no one will deny ; for, as Gibson fays, when 

 he fpeaks of the internal adminiftration of 

 corroiive mercury, or other poisons, '* the 

 *' horfe mull have a very ftrong conflitution 

 *^ to recover it:'' and I will, in opposition to 

 the confidence and felf-fufficiency of any far- 

 rier in the kingdom, declare the above courfe 

 of und:lon (and extreme undiion it certainly 

 is) hath font more PIORSEFLESH to the dif- 

 ferent dog-ke?inets than the difeafe itfelf. That 

 the poor dlilreffed and emaciated fubjedls may 

 in future be in fonie degree rescued from 

 fuch a dreadful fcene of unmerited misery 

 and persecution, fuch methods are pointed 

 out as Vv^IU certainly eradicate the difeafe, with 

 proper attention and pundluality, unlefs it 

 has been fuffered by a long and negleBed con- 

 tinuance to aimme a degree of inveteracy ^y if 

 fo, and the horfe is not of great value, I will 

 venture to hazard an Iricism, and aiTurethe 

 owner that the moil merciful, certain, and 

 lead expenfive CURE, will be by inilantly 

 cutting his throat, ov Jljootingliim. through the 



head. 



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