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of obtaining a cure will not be fo fatisfacSlory 

 to many of the rufticZf^r/^^^pradlitioners, who, 

 clofely adhering to old cuftoms, old rules, and 

 old books, would rather attempt to force the 

 very blood unfecreted through the urinary 

 paflages, by a courfc of SpaniJJ:) flies ^ oi' oil of 

 turpe?2ti?ie^ than adopt any method, however 

 iinproved, in the formation of which their 

 extenfive abilities have not been confulted. 



By this abominable and infamous pracflice 

 the lives of many valuable horfes have been 

 taken away, the proprietor attributing to 

 difeafe what nine times out of ten is the effe^fl 

 of ignorance. From an obfervation fo juft, 

 or, in fad, a refledion fo alarming, arife the 

 palpable neceffity of this work, and the pro- 

 bable utility of its publication, to the very 

 great number of gentlemen and fportfmen, 

 who, refiding in remote fpots, or diftant parts 

 of the kingdom, cannot have conftant recourfe 

 to farriers of judgment, extenfive pradice, 

 and nice difcrimination. To prevent therefore 

 the frequent dreadful effeds of confidence and 

 ignorance on one hand, or an injudicious ufe 

 of powerful and dangerous medicines on the 

 other, every man will do well to interpofe 



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