6 OBSERVATIONS. 



interefts of fociety. Though, after prefcrlbing 

 thefe dreadful remedies, he modejiiy confeffes 

 ** in the adminiftration there is great danger ; 

 ** and, unlefs a horfe is very ftrong, he may 

 *' not be able to recover from the experi-^ 

 *' ment." 



This is dodtrine (and doBpring) Wxih a wit- 

 nefs ! Thefe are the kind of experiments^ and 

 this the kind of language that has for two 

 centuries b:;en held forth in almoft every tradt 

 upon the fubjeft : and, under thefe abfurd, ridi- 

 culous, dangerous, and contemptible burlef-^ 

 ques upon the application of medicine, v^ill 

 any man, v^ho wiihes well to the caufe of 

 humanity^ fay feme rational fyftem of redifi- 

 cation and improvement is not neceflary, to 

 refcue from the danger of perpetual experi- 

 ments the nobkfl and mofl valuable quadruped 

 in the creation ! 



The palpable neceffity for fuch improve- 

 ment having been univerfally admitted previous 

 to the firfl: edition of this vi^ork, it hjtnce ren- 

 dered more abfolutely needful by the recent re- 

 furredion of ancient praBice^ modernized in a 

 different form and periodical appearance. It has 



evidently 



