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petual adlion in conftant labour, are fo pre- 

 ternaturally extended, that fome of the fine 

 and delicate fibres of which the aggregate is 

 compofed, are, by fuch extenfion, actually 

 ruptured or broken; from the mouths of 

 which (minute as they are) ooze a very trifling 

 portion of ferum, or fluid, which, when ex- 

 travafated, forms a gelatinous fubftance; and, 

 combining itfelf with the included air, be- 

 comes, to external appearance, a kind of blad- 

 der between the tendon and integuments. 



This being the exadl fydem of principle 

 and adion that conflitutes the caufe, we pro- 

 ceed to the received notion (and our own 

 opinion) of cure. Perhaps it may not be 

 thought intrufive or inapplicable firft to in- 

 troduce a few words upon the fubjeft of pre^ 

 'vention^ which will convey a much ftronger 

 proof of judgment in the rider than any fub- 

 fequent advice that can poffibly be offered on 

 the part of the farrier; that is, no more 

 than to recommend it to every man in the 

 pofl^efTion of a good horfe to reflect a little 

 upon the nature of his own fuperiority, that it 

 is but temporary y and of fleeting duration ; to 

 ruminate upon this circumftance in the career 

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