THE 



MODERN SYSTEM OF FAERIERY. 



PART I. 



INTRODUCTION, 



The very great discoveries made in the pre- 

 sent century, have certainly extended to every 

 art and science that could be materially im- 

 proved by intense study and application; and, 

 to none more than the administration of me- 

 dicine, and its effects upon the human body, 

 by some of the most learned men in every part 

 of Europe ; and, from the rapid and univer- 

 sally acknowledged improvements in this sys- 

 tem, the most admirable advantages have 

 been obtained, and incredible cures performed. 

 In an age of such general refinements, the 

 aricient mode of practice is not only exploded, 

 but its origin and advocates nearly buried in 

 oblivion. The voluminous herbals in the libra- 

 ries of the botanical votaries, have been, in the 

 late years of improvement in medical science, 

 such as to render of little use or respect any pre- 

 scription of ancient date, when put in competi- 

 tion with the rational and improved system of 

 modern improvements. 



Farriery, as well as human surgery, has now 

 been obliged to yield and acquiesce in the 



change ; for what was not willing to be acknow- 

 ledged, time, truth, and experience have fully 

 confirmed, the very great danger to whiclv 

 some of the finest Horses in the world were ex- 

 posed, by the ignorance and obstinacy of those 

 to whose care they were intrusted — even every 

 stable boy had his remedy for almost every 

 disease : but the education that is now to be 

 obtained at the Royal Veterinary College of 

 London, has introduced something like a rational 

 system of rectification and improvement in 

 farriery, to rescue from the danger of perpetual 

 experiments and torture, the noblest and most 

 valuable quadruped in the creation. 



It has been hitherto customary, in the intro- 

 ductory part of works on the present subject, 

 to enlarge upon the shape, make, figure, and 

 qualifications of the Horse for the turf, field, 

 road, &c. but, as we have given our opinion at 

 some extent on this subject in the " Horseman's 

 Monitor," it is needless to repeat it here; 

 therefore. We shall confine ourselves to the 

 diseases of the Horse, for which our work is 

 intended. 



Much mulitfarious matter has constantly 



