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tion, consent to perforate the hide of hh 

 horse, and stand the doubtful chances of 

 complicated disquietude, a lucky forma- 

 tion and fortunate flow of matter ; an ill- 

 conditioned wound, inveterate ulcer, or 

 prominent cicatrix, constituting an irrepa- 

 rable blemish, when it can be so readily 

 avoided ? 



But, admitting, in compliment to ancient 

 practice, their utility to be obvious in the 

 inflammatory or viscid cases before recited ; 

 let us make a fair and candid inquiry into 

 the list of Mr. Clarke's, not long since 

 quoted, (which is, in fact, Bracken's, 

 BARTLET^s, and Osmer's also) and openly 

 acknowledge where it will be proper to 

 coalesce, and where dissent from such opi- 

 nions ; that their great and indiscriminate 

 tjierit may with propriety come before that 

 public tribunal, to whose decisive arbitration 

 every literary disquisitionist must ultimately 

 submit. 



That the subject (and of importance it 

 certainly is) may meet the eye and attract 

 the judgment of every unbiassed investiga- 



