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mull be of extreme uncertain ufe at beft, in in- 

 experienced hands, on account of the profef- 

 fional fldll required to form a true judgment 

 of the difeafe, and the anomahes in the animal 

 fyftem. I remember to have heard a country 

 crentleman congratulate himfelf, that he could, 

 at laft, fet the gripes in horfes at defiance, fince 

 he was in pofleffion of an infallible receipt ; 

 but on getting fome intimation of the ingre- 

 dients, I was fully convinced the medicine 

 would, indeed, prove an everlafling cure in 

 fome fpecies of that difeafe. I have heard of 

 many (core pounds being offered to a cow- 

 leech, for a hngle recipe, for which I would not 

 have given the fortunate proprietor, the value 

 of the horn, with which he adminiflered the 

 drench. 



• In a little book, publifned under the aufpices 

 of that Duke of Devonfliire who was the pro- 

 prietor of flying Childers, there are certain cau- 

 tions applicable to our prefent purpofe, which 

 appear fo rational and neceffary, that I fhall 

 copy them in the author's own words, with 

 very little alteration or addition. I muft pre- 

 mife, that this author complains much of the 

 badnefs of the drugs purchafed by the country 

 apothecaries in his days, which he afferts were 

 the worthlefs refufe of the London (hops ; and 

 that he had a horfe killed by a farriers 



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