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^ combination of the moft powerful caustics^ 

 That THESE PRESCRIPTIONS were in full 

 pradice upon the principle of '^ kill or cure" 

 jko one will deny; for, as Gibson fays, when 

 he fpeaks of the internal adminiftration of 

 corrofive mercury, or other poisons, '* the 

 *' horfe muft have a very ftrong' conflitution 

 *' to recover it:" and I will, in opposition to 

 the confidence 2indi fclf-fufficiency of any far- 

 rier in the kingdom, declare the above courfe 

 of undion (and extreme un5iion it certainly 

 is) has fent more HORSEFLESH to the dif- 

 ferent dog-kennels than the difeafe itfelf. That 

 the poor diftreffed and emaciated fubjeds may 

 in future be in fome degree rescued from 

 fjch a dreadful fcene of unmerited misery 

 and persecution, fuch methods zxq pointed 

 out as will certainly eradicate the difeafe, with 

 proper attention and punctuality, unlefs it 

 has been fufFered by a long and negleBed con- 

 tinuance to affume a degree of inveteracy \ if 

 fo^ and the horfe is not of great value, I will 

 venture to hazard an Iricism, and afilire the 

 owner that the moft merciful, certain, and 

 leaft expenfive CURE, will be by inftantly 

 cutting his throaty ox Jimtiizg him through the 



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