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T HE chapters on Alteratives ani 

 Humours, we hope will be attended to^ 

 and particularly the uje of Nitre fo 



ftrongly recommend, d therein^ which by 



frequent experience^ fince our laft edition^ 

 we have given to the quantity of half a 

 pound a d^y, or more ; particularly in 

 Fevers, Inflammatory Cafes, and Stag- 

 gers ; 72or will it be found lefs ufefil as 

 an alterative^ by means oj which it is 

 hoped the too frequent ife offtrong purges^ 

 may in time be aifcarded ; for we doubt 

 noty when gentleme7i are once convinced of 

 the nature and power of alteratives^ and 

 guarded againft the abfurd notions of 



farriers^ in relation to hwrnours^ the . 

 preference will be given to the alteratives y 

 and a praElice eftablijhed as innocent and 



fuccefsfuly as that of purging is danger- 

 ous and uncertain^ 



MANT improvements have been 

 made on <^ revifal of this edition for the 

 prefs, and M, La Foffe having lately 

 publifbed a treatije on the difeafes of the 

 feet and Jhoeing horfes^ which is efteemed 

 particularly curious ; we have added 



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