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ni^nt so ridiculously adapted to the cases iii 

 question. 



Not entertaining the least doubt but upon 

 these representations, by much the greater 

 part of the judicious and enlightened world 

 will perfectly coincide with me in an opinion 

 not to be eradicated ; that numbers of horses 

 annually lose not only their eyes but their 

 lives, by the dreadful effects of unbounded 

 ignorance and confidence, that, it is to be 

 lamented, too frequently act in conjunction, 

 to the palpable prejudice of undiscerning cre- 

 dulity. Considering this a fact too substantial 

 to be shaken by speculative or inexperienced 

 opinions, it becomes, for the completion of our 

 purpose, absolutely necessary we advert to 

 the mischiefs so frequently occasioned by the 

 fashionable and indiscriminate use oinitre^ in 

 consequence of the general encomiums of 

 former writers, before its properties were so 

 critically ascertained ; which added to the pe- 

 cuniary ease of acquisition, has brought the 

 article into too great a degree of constant use, 

 in almost every case, without a relative con- 

 sideration to its medical property, the cause 



