68 LAMENESS, 



methods of cure before prefcribed, with every 

 poflible portion of refl:, (and when ufed, 

 that ufe exceedingly moderate) will not prove 

 the mofl: advantageous and leail dangerous 

 fyfl:em that can be purfued to etfed: the de- 

 fired purpofe. 



LAMENESS 



Is a fubjecfl of {o much univerfality, in faft 

 an event arifing from fuch a variety of caufes, 

 that it can never be thought inapplicable to 

 enumerate the mofl: probable from which fuch 

 defeft may be occafioned ; thereby exciting a 

 proper degree of inveftigation, afcertaining to 

 a certainty by thefe means what very fre- 

 quendy from want of care, accuracy y and at- 

 tention in the examination, is fixed errone- 

 oufly on an improper part, or attributed to a 

 wrong caufe, as a mere matter of opinion, 

 and confequently liable to the full force of 

 Injudicious or inconfiftent treatment, with its 

 long train of inconveniencies. 



Exclufive of the diftinfl: kind of lamenefs 

 proceeding from strains, very different de- 



gree^ 



