6 PwATIOXAL HORSE-SHOEING. 



evidence brinsrs the truth liome to hhn that 

 the neglectful master, eager to relieve the 

 animal, tries our system. To such masters 

 we must say, do not expect that the impru- 

 dence and neglect of years can be remedied 

 in an instant. The age of miracles long ago 

 passed away. We do not propose to cure 

 by formula, or bell and book. There is no 

 " laying on of hands " — no magical touch of 

 an enchanter's wand. 



Remember always that pain is the warn- 

 ing cry of a faithful sentinel on the outpost, 

 that disease is at hand. Disease is the punish- 

 ment foUowina: a violation of the laws of 

 nature, and can only be escaped by restoring 

 natural conditions. 



Remember also, that " Nature," so called 

 by Hippocrates, the earliest systematic writer 

 upon medicine, never slumbers nor fails in 

 duty, but strives with unerring, active intelli- 

 gence to prevent disease, or to cure it when 

 it can not be prevented. 



When the measures and processes of the 

 physician are in harmony with the natural 

 intention, disease may be cured ; when they 



