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** a certainty of cure (in mod cafes at leaft) ^ 

 ** diftemper fo dangerous to our horfes, and 

 *' that hitherto has eluded the force of art.*! 



We are then informed M* La Foffe's work 

 ** has the approbation of the Royal Academy 

 ** of Sciences 5" that *Mie has diftinguifhed 

 •' fevcn different kinds of glanders^ four of 

 *' which are incurable ;" much more is intro* 

 duced to corroborate his opinions, and give 

 weight to the very nice diftinflions that con- 

 ftitute this great variety of glanders. He then 

 introduces a mofl: elaborate defcription of the 

 necejfary operation of trepanning, with an ex-^ 

 planatory plate, fo invitiftgly finifhed that the 

 appearance of the apparatus is almoft fufficient 

 to induce any man to have his horfe's head 

 perforated (or laid open) merely to indulge in 

 the happinefs of becoming a voluntary dupe to 

 M. La Fosse's experiments. 



His cures^ ah72oJi incredible, are theri enu- 

 merated ; you are told of three horfes he tre- 

 panned, each in two places: the internal parts 

 were conftantly fyringed, and they were per- 

 fectly recovered 5 ^[ the wound and perfora* 



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