The PREFACE. xU 



IT cannot indeed be expeBed^ that 

 our farriers JJjGuld make a?7y real pr ogre fs 

 in their profejion, till th y apply 

 the?7ijiivcs ea'ly to the fiitdy of anctcmyy 

 and to the diffeBions of 7norbid bodies^ 

 and lame horfes : by this method (and 

 this only can do it effcBually) a new 

 fcene of hiowledge v:ill be unfolded to 

 them : thus wo'uld they re&ify their for- 

 mer errors^ and be gua ded againfl 

 future ones, end taught by thefe ver^ 

 principles of anatomy how to aB en one 

 fleady and uniform plan. But now^ 

 through ignorance of the real feat of the 

 difrder, how frequently do they ?cwel^ 

 cautertfe and apply medicines exter- 

 nally, to parts free from any ailment 

 or grievance vjhatever, while they neg- 

 leB the real fource of the diforder? 

 And how few from their experience, 

 have made any tolerable uffid obferva- 

 tirjts, fufflcient to deduce the caufe from 

 thefymptoms, or form a rational method 

 of cure ? 



IT has often cc cured, how advan- 

 tageous .a fiudy this would prove to an 



ingenious 



