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as a burlefque upon fo great and learned a 

 body, but to prove that fuch, as well as 

 individuals, are liable to error and mifeon-. 

 ftru(5tion. 



My predeceflbr (as I have before remarked) 

 then lays, " with fome farther experiments 

 ** and improve?ne?its he hopes this diflemper 

 *^ will be brought to a certainty of cure." 

 Now what he can wifli or deiire by ** farther 

 *^ experiments and improvements," is beyond 

 my abilities to difcover: he defcends moil 

 minutely to the operation of trepanning 3 or, 

 in plainer terms, taking two pieces of bone out 

 of different parts of the fcull by perforation, 

 then plentifallyy^^i/;?^ with detergent lotionsy 

 adding a variety of inftrucflions for injeclions, 

 drejjings, &c. to complete a cure of what, //// 

 theriy had been confidered incurable. To keep 

 up the farce of inconiiftency, wx are at laft 

 confidently aiTured that fuch operations being 

 performed, " after opening the cavities, fhould 

 " it by probing be difcovered that the bones 

 ** are carious, (or, in other words, rotten) the 

 " beft way then will be to difpatch the horfe, 

 " to fave unneceiTary trouble and expence." 

 I cannot refift the temptation I feel to tranf- 

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