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controverfy ; but that upon certain and proper 

 Dccafions, it will become univerfally adopted 

 under the conditional regulations fo accu- 

 rately explained in our former volume of this 

 work. Thofe inftrudlions, however, apper- 

 taining more particularly to the compofition 

 of various forms, the act of adminiftration, 

 and the mode of adtion upon the inteftinal 

 contents j we advert now to the more remote 

 conlideration of its Gperative effe^s upon the 

 ENTIRE SYSTEM, in juftification of its adop- 

 tion previous to the annual exertions of vio- 

 lence, that fo evidently mcreafe the velocity 

 of the blood. 



It may be remembered that in my former 

 volume, under inftrud:ions for getting horfes 

 into cojidhion^ I have recommended the ope- 

 ration of bleeding in a few days after bemg 

 taken from grafs ; by faying, *' a propoition 

 may be taken away, according to the fize, 

 ftate, ftrength, and temperament of the horfe, 

 with due attention to the fiefh he may have 

 gained, or the impurities he may have im- 

 bibed with liis pafture." This paffage is fo 

 truly expreffive, and conveys to the mini fo 

 fnuch in fo fhort a manner, that I have been 



induced 



