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Stone of Natural or Experimental Philofophy, their 

 Writings will appear no better than meer metaphy- 

 fical Di earns, or philofophical Romances of trifling 

 Sages J fuch as were the Works of the old Phyfical 

 and Metapliyncal Philofophers of Greece. And al- Ancient 

 though the En?liJ,h Nation in particular feems to ^^/"^'^^^^ 

 have a great \'eneration for what is ancient, yet the p^J./jgrs 

 ancient Phyficians, and prefent Farriers, were much nuuh upon 

 upon a Level as to Learning, provided we imparti- a Level as 

 ally examine the Writings cf both. And I dare !^" Ltarn- 

 un'deitake to make this out plainly to the World, '"^^ 

 againfl: all Favourers of Hippocrates or Galen, when • 

 ever I am put upon it by any Perfon worth my 

 while to anfwer : That is, I will make it appear, 

 that thefe fo venerable Gentlemen, notwithftanding 

 the latter writ (or was faid to have writ) 200 Vo- 

 lumes, made full as many Blunders as our prefent 

 Farriers, in the Methodus Pr^efcribendi or Manner of 

 prefcribing : For, both the ancient Phyficians, as 

 well as prefent Farriers, feem to pin their Faith 

 mere upon the Number of Ingredients jumbled into 

 a Frefcription, than on any one as the Bafis, or to 

 which the Cure is wholly owing. But to return. 



If a Horfe lias a ftaring-Coat, and is clung up in Staring 

 his Belly, boiled Barley is proper for him ; as is alfo Coat, or 

 fcalded Bran once a Day, with half an Ounce of J^^^^' 

 Crude Antimony in fine Powder llrewed upon it, * ' 

 every Time you give it him ; and after a Week's 

 Ufe of thefe, you may purge him two or three 

 Times at proper Inter\'als, according as you find he 

 bears it : But if the firft Purge don't operate, you 

 are not ( as the common Method is ) to throw a fe- 

 cond Dofe into the Horfe ; for many are killed by 

 fuch a Trick, though the Owner perhaps never 

 hears the true Caufe of his Horfe's Deatli. I fay, 

 it is a vulgar Error to imagine that a purging Medi- 

 cine wull do great Damage, provided it happens n6t 

 to woxk much by Stool ; for it may, by Urine and 

 Sweat (which Courfe it generally takes, if it be 

 not ilrong enough to go off by Stool, ) do more Ser- 

 E 4 vice 



