136 SHOEING. 



a new thought, or the leaft indicated know* 

 ledge of a ?iew medicine. The utility of bark^ 

 opium, antimony^ and mercury, thofe grand 

 fiipporters of the materia medica, feem 

 almofi: unknown to him; and that great bafis 

 of external application in modern practice, 

 with its accumulation of valuable properties, 

 the Sx'\TURNiNE Extract, he has never 

 once given proof of the moft fuperficial ac- 

 quaintance with. But what renders it ftill 

 more extraordinary is, that out of fo great a 

 number of pages he has thought proper to 

 bellow upon the fubjed: of fjoeing, and all 

 the dif orders, accidents, or infirmities^ to ns^hich 

 the feet are liable, twelve only, including his 

 Jong and inoffenfive prefcripts for their miti- 

 gation or cure. However, as the circulation 

 of the book has been too contradled and in- 

 lignificant to gratify the wants, or eftablifli 

 the reputation of the writer, it will be but 

 an adl of charity to con trad: the remarks 

 alfo, fubmitting both to their inevitable obli- 

 vion. 



Another of not only longer flanding, but 

 much greater eftimation, has condefcended to 



afford 



