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toms, for which no exadl caufe can be afcer- 

 tained or reafon fupportedf, but the exceflive 

 •drought of one leafon, or denfe atinofphere of an- 

 other, it muft evidently appear that, under fuch 

 circumftances, no accurate defcription of correC- 

 ponding fymptoms can be collected from books, 

 \vithout a very minute and proper attention to 

 the nature of attack. 



To thefc leading traits all the judgment and 

 penetration of the farrier, QV.fuperinteridanf^ 

 mud he directed -, for, as fuch diforders are in 

 general complicated, and not diftinguifhable 

 under any parti cumr head, but partaking of 

 fnan)\ every llriking fymptom fliould be well, 

 obferved and dlftinguiflied from its oppofitCj, or 

 clafled v^ath its concomitant, till a parallel 

 being drawn between its moft predominant fea- 

 tures, fome degree of certainty is afcertained, to 

 which clafs it bears i\\t great ejt affinity, or to 

 what head it properly b-longs. And as this 

 work abounds with medicinal aids, carefully 

 adapted to every purpofe, the reader cannot pof- 

 fibly be fo deilitute of comprehenfion, as not to 

 be enabled (upon particular occafions) to mako 

 fome neceffary alterations, as the intent and 



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