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but for the worfe; the wound is drefled, 

 dreffed, and DRESSED AGAIN ! ik;i\\ 720 Jig?! 

 of relief, no favouring power prefides, nor any- 

 prevailing GENIUS appears, but the predomi- 

 nant GENIUS of DULNESS, who, anxious 

 to increafe the '^ mifchief fhe has made," * 

 prompts him to finifh with fortitude what he 

 had commenced in ftupidity ! To confefs the 

 leaft degree of inability would be a degrada- 

 tion of dignity; therefore, on he goes {Ranger 

 like) * ^ N E c K o R N o T H I K G ! " ftrong digeftives 

 (and thoft fca/clmg too) follow, but follow in 

 vain. No Improvement, no enlivening ray, 

 longer to keep up the farce of profeffional in- 

 fallibility: no lucky alternative but mercury y 

 "vitriol, and all the family oijire renewed, till 

 the ferious ceremony terminates in an invete- 

 rate ulcer, or confirmed fiilula, as will be 

 feparately treated on under thofe heads. 



There are certain wounds that occur much 

 more frequently than any other ; and though 

 in themfelves not at all dangerous, yet fome- 

 thing may be expevSled upon a treatment proper 

 to be adopted in cafes that fo conftantly happen. 

 Among thefe are broken knees, over-reaches, and 

 lacerations between hair and hoof. In refped; 



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