rhe "PREFACE, 



fions, where he has accounted for fome Difeafes that 

 were the lead known by Farriers. The fame Method 

 Mr. Snape has obferv'd in thefe few, we have carefully 

 followed throughout the whole, which although it 

 may feem fomewhat difficult at firft View, to thofe 

 who are unacquainted with the Animal Oeconomy ; 

 yet as all is founded upon the Make, Frame, and 

 Difpofition of a Horfe's Body, and is therefore 

 plainly demonftrabie to Senfe, it will in the End 

 be found more eafy than the ufual Methods, that 

 have been only built upon Figment and Fancy. 



But, that the Reader may the more readily over- 

 come thofe Difficulties, we have endeavour'd to de- 

 scribe all the Difeafes in a Way that is the moft fa- 

 miliar and intelligible, having ranked thofe together 

 that have the neareft Dependence upon each other : 

 and in fuch a Manner, that the underftanding of 

 one, may lead him infenfibly into the Knowledge of 

 another : A Method not hitherto obferved, or right- 

 ly underftood, by any of our Authors. We have 

 likewife been more than ordinarily careful, in diftin- 

 guifhing, with refped to Signs and Caufes, and in 

 providing for the feveral Accidents that may happen, 

 than which nothing conduces more to the Cure and 

 Prefervation of Brute Creatures, who are incapable of 

 declaring their Infirmities ; and becaufe many of the 

 Difeafes of Horfes have a near Affinity with thofe of 

 the human Body, and as the comparing the one with 

 rhe other muft needs tend very much to the Advance- 

 ment of this Art, we have therefore taken Notice of 

 that in many Particulars, fo far as the Mechanifm 

 of a Horfe may occafion the fime Symptoms and 

 Accidents-, and wherever they differ, we have endea- 

 voured to put it in as clear a Light as poffible, and 

 have accordingly accommodated tjic Method of Cure. 



And as the right Adminiftration of proper Reme- 

 dies is of no lefs Importance, we have taken particular 

 Care in that relbcdlj having not only, in all Caf-s, 



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