2^2 GLANDERS. 



pofe this language, and difplay it in plain Eng** 

 liJJj thus. In fad:, deprive the horfe of half 

 his head, in compliment to the pecuniary feel- 

 ings of the farrier, and if you find the remain- 

 ing half will not anfvver the purpofe of the 

 whole, cut his throat, or fhoot him through 

 the head, to fave ihe operators credit. Pre- 

 vious to the ferious inveftigation of this cafe, 

 I muft beg permiflion (in imitation of my 

 learned ^xtdiCCtSov H. Bracken, M. D.) to 

 introduce 2.fecond ftory not altogether inap- 

 plicable to this complicated chapter upon 

 heads. 



A certain chymlfl: having dedicated much 

 time^ trouble^ and expenfr, to the preparation 

 of a balfamic elixir^ brought it at lajl to fo great 

 a degree of perfection that it would, upon 

 the firft application, inftantaneoufly incarnate, 

 cicatrize and cure a wound of the mod dread- 

 ful appearance. Having confirmed the difco- 

 very by a number of inferior inftances, he ap- 

 plied to his friend and fcrvant John to fit 

 down and have his head taken off and re- 

 placed with the elixir^ to demonftrate its ef- 

 ficacy. But John, knowing his duty better, 

 declined ia compliment to his mafter, who, he 



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