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of medicines indicated, and the method of cure. 

 Horfes, from the nature of their fervices, and 

 the feverities they undergo, muft necefiarily be 

 much expofed to febrile diforders, fome of the 

 mdfl common caufes of which are, excefs of 

 exertion, particularly in the hot feafon ; ple- 

 thora, or fuperabundance of blood, from high 

 feeding and little exercife ; in general, any ob- 

 ftru6led humour thrown upon the circulation ; 

 the infpiration of malignant air. 



I muft once more refer thofe who defire 

 much praftical information upon this difeafe in 

 horfes to Gibfon, who, if he has not treated it 

 with fcientific and logical precifion, has done 

 that which is of infinitely greater ufe ; he has 

 defcribed the various fymptoms from his own 

 obfervationj,and given a very rational method 

 of cure from his own praftice: from him chiefly 

 have all our minor authors derived their patho- 

 logy and prefcriptions in the different fpecies 

 of fever, which they have hafhed and ferved 

 up again, in that which each fuppofed to be the 

 moft olaufible form. Bracken is lame and im- 

 perfeft on fever, obvioufly from hafte and in- 

 attention ; but his loofe remarks deferve to be 

 read over. 



Bartlet is the mere echo of Gibfon ; but that 

 indefatigable diligence, which is Barilet's ■ ho- 

 nourable chara6leriftic, is ever at work to pick 

 and cull from all quarters, whatever he judges 



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