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occafional bleedings, a courfe of diuretics, as 

 before prefcribed, or three dofes of mild phyjicy 

 may be adopted; affifting the whole with a 

 frequent ufe of either lotioUy as moft applicable 

 to reigning fymptoms. 



The HAWS are a preternatural enlargement 

 of the corners of the eyes, becomiC horny, and, 

 being overgrown, approach the pupil, giving 

 the -eye the external appearance of bad forma- 

 tion. The inftrumental extirpation of thefe 

 fubftances has been a favourite pradice of long 

 ftanding ; and, like all others, has had its alter- 

 nate proportion of failure and fuccefs. After 

 reparation has been effeded by the hand, needle, 

 and inftrument of the operative farrier, 

 any iimple ftyptic or aftringent is generally 

 applied, and it is then juft an even bet, or 

 chance, whether you fucceed in the intentional 

 eue<ft of your operation; for, having i^^n it 

 repeatedly produ6live of inflammation, and, 

 laftly, total blindnefs, I cannot confcientioufly 

 recommend the practice ; on the contrary, to 

 eftabliili my own want of taile, confefs I 

 would er counter th^ leffer evil of the two, and 

 rather (for my own riding) prefer a horfe with 

 large haws to one without eyes. Tliis opinion 



may 



