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•« ments and improvements, will foon bring to. 

 ** a certainty of cure (in moil cafes at leail) a 

 " diftcmper fo dangerous to our horfes, and 

 •* that hitherto has eluded the force of art/' 



We are then informed M. La FoiTe's work 

 «* has the approbation of^the Royal Academy 

 " of Sciences/* that ** he has diftinguifhed 

 " feven different kinds of glanders, four of 

 ** which are incurable/' much more is intro- 

 duced to corroborate his opinions, and give 

 weight to the very nice diftinftions that con- 

 ftitute \}i\\^ great variety of glanders. He then 

 introduces a moft elaborate defcriptjon of the 

 neceffary operation of trepanning, with an ex- 

 planatoiy plate fo invifmgly finilhed, that the 

 appearance of tlie apparatus is almoft fuf- 

 ficient to induce any man to have his horfe's 

 head perforated (or laid open), merely to in- 

 dulge in the happinefs of becoming a volun- 

 tary dupe to M. La Fosse's experiments. 



His cures, almojl incredible j are then enu- 

 merated; you are told oi three horfes he tre- 

 panned, each in two places : the internal parts 

 were conftantly fyringed, and they were per- 

 fe^^ly recovered 3 ** the wound and perfora- 



** tion 



