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larifed in p. 75; remembering thzt^tekher can 

 be proceeded upon till the horfe is fo much 

 recovered in ftrength and appearance as to 

 render unneceffary any fear of local or conlH- 

 tutional weaknefs. The mode of treatment 

 here laid down, and ftrenuoufly recommended, 

 is a fyftem eftablifhed upon the principles of 

 reafm and reformation -y not the effulion of 

 wild chimerical experiments, engendered by 

 folly and promoted by ig7iorance, but a courfe 

 of practice (expofed to no lottery of chance or 

 certainty of danger)^ the refult of attentive 

 ftudy, accurate OBSERVATION, and long 

 EXPERIENCE. 



Having thus unavoidably enlarged upon the 

 nature and treatment of {\xq\\ jehrile complaints 

 as frequently come under common obfervation, 

 I iliall advert to the neceffary confideration of 

 thofe difeafes called epidemic or malignant -, and 

 are fo termed from their being in general con- 

 tagious or infedious, and at certain times local 

 or fixed to particular parts of the kingdom ; at 

 other feafons almoft univerfal, bearing in eitiier 

 cafe the common term of " a difhemper among 

 *' the horfes." As cpidtmic difeafes appear dif- 

 ferently at different feafons, varying in fymp- 



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