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fiirgery is indebted^ for the grt at f^rogrefs 

 it has Of late years made, and the 

 daily improvemecits thai arejiid making ; 

 and from hence arife thofe real b> r.efits 

 to niankindy which no other art or 

 fcience can pretend to with equal merit 

 0nd utility, 



BUT till this fludy is more patro* 



nized among us, we rrufl not winder 



at thejlow advances it makes \ for the 



practice and charaHer of a horfe phy- 



fcian^ or lurgeon^ at prefent Jtands fb 



loWy in the popular opinion^ by which 



many of our pajjiofis (our pride in par^ 



ticu'ar) are regulated ; that^ as has been 



nvitttly obfervedy not even a country ■ 



Jurgeony who is almofl Jtarving under a 



fcarciy of human patients^ will deign 



to attempt a fortune^ by ap'^lyiiig his 



me did 72a I and chirurgical talents to 



the ferviee of this necejfary fervant of 



mankind. 



BUT to return^ we think it incum- 

 bent on us to acknowledge our obligations 

 to Dr. Bracken and Mr. Gibfons trea- 

 fifes on this fubje^i^ for many ingenious oh- 



ferva- 



