The PREFACE. 



made in the healing art ; and ?72ore par- 

 ticularly in the difeafes ofhorfes, as the 

 fuffering animals can only defcribe their 

 fain by their gejiures, 



WITH what- contempt and indigna- 

 tion then miijl we view Juch ignorant 

 preteftders blunderijig about a dtftempery 

 groping in the dark^ and throwing in 

 medicines at random ? And what a 7ne- 

 lancholy fitiiation miijl be that of the 

 unhappy vi5iim ? The power of nature^ 

 or frength of conjlitution^ will now and 

 then i?2deed fnrmoiint the ignora?2ce of 

 blunderers, and elude the force of their 

 hotch pofches ; fo that the doBor jhall 

 receive applaufes and rewards for his 

 imaginary fkill^ when he deferves igno- 

 7niny and the feverejl cenfures. But 

 what JJoould we conclude hence ? Why 

 only that fome few conftitutions^ like fome 

 f crtif cations y are bomb-proofs and can 

 fupport the Jljocks of the whole medical 

 artillery i without blowing up, . 



AND here I cannot but lament the 

 f range fupinenefs of many gentlemen^ 

 who though they are real admirers df 



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