PART IV, 



TREATMENT OF A FEW DISEASES. 



No one but a skilful professional man can 

 possibly treat a quarter of the diseases of horses 

 properly; and it often requires great experience, 

 and the most able scrutiny, to be able to dis- 

 cern, or sometimes even to guess, what is the 

 matter with a horse, or in what part he may 

 be lame. This Part, therefore, while adapted to 

 as full a practice as the most learned amateur 

 can ever safely venture on, is written merely to 

 prevent your outstripping the bounds of pru- 

 dence : but these remedies must occasionally 

 be resorted to, for, under inflammations and 

 affections of the feet, &c., when assistance can^ 

 not be obtained, to do nothing, is to let the 

 horse either die or be ruined. Remember, 

 however, " prevention is better than cure f and 

 if you diligently read over Part HI. once in 



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