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veterinary panaceas. Bracken furely a61ed 

 wiihout his accuflomed caution, in recom- 

 mending To indilcriminately this favourite nof-? 

 trum ; and his recommendation fct all the 

 northern grooms in particular, cordial ball 

 mad. In cafes where cordials arc indicated, 

 almoll any of the forms o^xhe pa/la hyppiatria, 

 may fucceed, but the conltant ufe of the cor- 

 dial balls, adopted in fome ftables, is not only 

 a fuperfluous ex pence, but I have known it 

 attended with very ill effects upon the porous 

 fyflem, and flomachs of horfes. As an exam- 

 ple take the following. A certain training 

 groom recommended a Yorkfliire lad to the 

 care of a (lable of as high-bred and good hun- 

 ters as any in England. In the height of the 

 feafon the gentleman complained, that although 

 he had gone to a vaft expence, and purchafed, 

 as he fuppofed, the bell cattle, not one of 

 them would fland a hard day's work in the 

 field, but that after an hour's riding, they 

 became wafhy and faint, ejefted their meat 

 continually, and were fo light in the carcafca 

 that they were ready to flip their girths. On 

 examination of the horfes, and the condu6l of 

 the young groom, it appeared that the mifchief 

 had arifen from his conftant fluffing them, 

 morning and night, with cordial balls, which 

 from the quantity of fulj)hur they contained* 

 and their general aperitive quality, had the 

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