292 GLANDERS. 



pbfe this language, and difplay it in plain 

 Ejiglijh thus. In fa6t, deprive the horfe of 

 half his head, in compliment to the pecuniary 

 feelings of the farrier, and if you find the 

 remaining half will not anfwer the purpofe of 

 the whole, cut his throat, or fhoot him through 

 the head, to fave the operator ^ credit. Pre- 

 vious to the ferlous inveftigation of this cafe, 

 I mufl: beg permiffion (in imitation of my 

 learned predecelTor H. Bracken, M. D). to 

 introduce a fecond ftory not altogether inap- 

 plicable to this complicated chapter upon 

 heads. 



A certain chcmift having dedicated much 

 tbne. trouble^ and expence, to the preparation 

 of a baJfamic elixir ^ brought it at lajl to fo great 

 a degree of perfed:ion that it would, upon 

 tlie firil application, inftantaneoufly incarnatey 

 cicatrize and cure a wound of the moil dread- 

 ful appearance. Having confirmed the difco- 

 very by a numbef of inferior inftances, he ap- 

 plied to his friend and fervant John to fit 

 down and have his head taken off and re« 

 placed with the elixiry to demonftrate its effi- 

 cacy. But John, knowing his duty better, 

 declined in compliment to his mailer, who, he 



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