The PREFACE. vii 



lity.—^A few leading queflions would 



alfojoon convince gentlemen of the Jlupi- 



dity^ but too prevaletit am.?ig the major 



part of thefe prating fellows \ and f all s^- 



fy them how precarious^ if not fatal ^ muji 



be thepraBice oj men^fo little acquainted 



with th^ laws of nature^ and of that 



machiiie they are fubverting by their 



continual blunders. By thefe means aljo 



the dejerving farrier would have pro^ 



per jujiice done him, and be dijlinguijhed 



from the common herd^ by his Juperior 



abilities. 



PERHAPS it may be no ufelefi 



digrefjion to obferve . here^ that this 



would not be the only advantage refulting 



from thfe kinds oj flu dies ; as gentlemen 



would thereby be enabkd to form a pro- 



per judg?nent of thofe guardians^ with 



whom they often entruft their own healths 



and lives ^ and diftmguijh the fuperficial 



loquacious coxcomb in phyfick^ fro?n the 



rational and modejl praciitioner : for 



in general it may be obfervsd, that in 



proportion to the fballownef of the 



Jlream, the bubbling and noife is mojl 



manifeft^ and where the froth offcience 



A 4 cnly 



