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out the coinage of a new thought, or the least 

 indicated knowledge of a nexv 7nedicine. The 

 utility of barky opiu?/?, antimony, and wer- 

 cury, those grand supporters of the materia 

 MEDiCA seem almost unknown to him ; and 

 that great basis of external application in 

 modern practice, with its accumulation of 

 valuable properties, the Saturnine Ek- 

 5'HACT, he has never once given proof of 

 the most superficial acquaintance with. But 

 what renders it still more extraordinary is, 

 that out of so great a number of pages, he 

 has thought proper to bestow upon the sub- 

 ject of shoeing, and all the disorders, atci- 

 dents, or infirmities, to xohich the feet are 

 liable, twelve only, including his long and 

 inoJBfensive prescripts for their mitigation or 

 cure. ' However, as the circulation of the 

 book has been too contracted and insisnifi- 

 cant to gratify the wants, or establish the 

 reputation of the writer, it will be bi^t an act 

 of charity to contract the remarks also, sub- 

 initting both to their inevitable oblivion. 



Another, of not only longer standing, but 

 m^^h grep^tcr estimation, has condescendecj 



