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could therefore only be obtained by a perfe- 

 verance in the mode of treatment beft adapted 

 to the exigency of difeafe, Availing myfelf 

 of experimental obfervation, I continued to 

 cleanfe them thoroughly at every dreffing v/ith 

 the injedlion of tincfture of myrrh (by means 

 of a long-necked ivory fyringe), the beft baU 

 famlc detergent for foul wounds, inveterate ul- 

 pers, or deep feated finufes, I have been able- 

 to difcover in the whole clafs of externals, 

 during a long and attentive prad:ice, 



Proceeding regularly in this track, with a 

 punctual adminiftration of the internal medi- 

 cines before recited, and the external applica- 

 tions fo minutely defcribed, the mare, in little 

 more than fix weeks, was completely cured, 

 perfectly free from every appearance oierupt'iGn^ 

 lamenefs^ or difcaje^ and is now in foal by a 

 celebrated Arabian of the Royal ftud. 



To thofe who may wifli to have farther ani- 

 madverfion upon tiie diftind: and adiing pro- 

 perties of the medicines internally applied, I 

 can only obferve, fuch explanation would very 

 far exceed the limits originally prefcribed for 

 ' the extent of this addition ; it muft therefore 



fuffice 



