to compound the prefcribed remedies ; or, even when 

 prefent, thefe medicines, on account of their expenfe, 

 maybe adulterated, or made deficient; or one drug, 

 as is frequently the cafe, may be fubftituted for an- 

 other : and as to entrufting a regular recipe with 

 farriers of the common clafs, they, in the firft place, 

 feldom have an affortment of drugs or compounds ; 

 and if they have, it is lefs feldom that they have 

 candour enough to make up any receipts but their 

 own. I fpeak not here of eminent farriers, or of 

 many of thofe more regularly educated, even though 

 not dubbed veterinarians, for many of thefe I have 

 met with, who are very fenfible and candid. 



It would add, therefore, very confiderably to the 

 advantages derived from this Dome/tic Treattfe, if 

 the remedies prefcribed xcerc faithfully prepared, at 

 a 7noderate price, and accompanied the Work itfelf 

 being generally diftributed in the hands of exery re- 

 Jpe^able vender of medicines throughout the king- 



dom, fa as to be •within the reach of every one. 



There have been many perfons who have made and 

 vended remedies, as they termed them, for feveral 

 difeafes of the horfe. I do not wifli to depreciate the 

 merits of any one ; but thus much I muft be allowed 

 to fay, that no perfon can pretend judicioufly to 

 compound horfe, or other medicines, who is not ac- 

 quainted with chemiftry ; and what knowledge fome 

 of the inventors of thefe medicines have of this fub- 



