STRAINS. 87 



Ing each, would be an endlefs undertaking; 

 fuch information or knowledge mud always 

 depend upon the judgmsnt and attention of 

 the operator 5 for the directions from books 

 are always doubtful, and feldom decifive. Nor 

 can it be believed that different horfes /amed 

 in this part, ov Jlrained in that, will zW ftepy 

 halt, ox retreat, in the fame manner; if fo, I 

 may venture to affirm the idea will be fre- 

 quently as lame as the horfe 1 



To afcertain the feat of difeafe to a certainty, 

 the judicious inveftigator will depend much on 

 the EYE, more on the touch; and, if a (11 (led 

 by obfervation and experience, he w^ill very 

 rarely err in the effect of his judgment : for, his 

 minute examination beinor made with a necef- 



o 



fary attention to concurring circumftances, he 

 will feldom fail to convey a true (late of the 

 cafe upon almoft every inveftigation. 



Previous to the final difmiflion of this ar- 

 ticle, it may not be inapplicable to introduce 

 the compofdion of a blister in great eftima- 

 tion, and of a different form, calculated for 

 thofe who may be in fome degree attached to 

 ikit former mode of practice, and indulge their 

 G 4 doubts 



