INTRODUCTION. -V 



profession, but was also instructed in the practical 

 part of it. His subsequent practice has been 

 carried on partly at Newark, and for the last 

 twenty-six years at Retford, in the county of 

 Nottingham, where his extensive concern as a 

 chemist and druggist has afforded him great op- 

 portunity of making such improvement in the 

 practice of farriery, as he trusts will give satis- 

 faction to a candid public. 



The plan of the present edition is to exhibit^ 



First, The nature and symptoms of every dis- 

 order to which that noble and useful animal, the 

 horse, is subject. 



Secondly i The best methods of cure. 



Thb'dly, A particular method of preparing and 

 compounding the medicines, the extent of the 

 several doses, and the proper management sub- 

 sequent to administering them, together with the 

 proper times necessary for giving the physic. 



It may not be improper to caution the practitioner 

 against using bad drugs. If he is accustomed to 

 purchase his seeds and roots in a powdered state, 

 he must reckon on being deceived ; for, in general. 



