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p. 75; remembering that neither can be pro- 

 ceeded upon till the horfc is fo much reco- 

 vered in ftrength and appearance as to render 

 unneceflary any fear of local or conftitutional 

 weaknefs. The mode of treatment here laid 

 down, and ftrenuoufly recommended, is a 

 fyftem eftablifhed upon the principles of 

 reafon and reformation -y not the efFufion of 

 wild chimerical experiments, engendered by 

 folly and promoted by ignorance^ but a courfe 

 of pradtice (expofed to no lottery of chance or 

 certainty of daiiger) the refult of attentive 

 fludy, accurate OBSERVATION, and long 

 EXPERIENCE. 



Having thus unavoidably enlarged upon the 

 nature and treatment of {\xch febrile complaints 

 as frequently come under common obfcrvation, 

 I fhall advert to the neceffary confideration of 

 thofe difeafes called epidemic or malignant ; and 

 are fo termed from their being in general con- 

 tagious or infediouSj and at certain times local 

 or fixed to particular parts of the kingdom; at 

 other feafons almoft univerfal, bearing in either 

 cafe the common term of *' a diftemper among 

 *' the horfes." As epidemic difeafes appear dif-* 

 ferently at different feafens, varying in fymp- 



toms, 

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