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lies, whether it be in my foot, backside, ot 

 head, or in any other part of the body. 

 Instead of answering him, were I to say, 



' *' Sir, I sent for you to tell me how, and 



where, I was affected ; and not to inform 

 you where the pain and disorder lies, toge- 

 ther with all its symptoms, — that is your 

 business to find out;" I will candidly ask 

 the reader whether he would not hastily 

 quit my bed-side, get into his carriage, 

 drive away, and tell the whole town that I , 

 was mad ? But yet what I have stated is a 

 fact. — The only advantage the veterinary 

 surgeon can have is, that his patient cannot 

 be affected with such chronic disorders, 

 from the simple and innocent nature of the 

 horse's aliment, as man, from gluttony, 

 drunkenness, and debauchery, is afflicted 



Nature and a with. lu short, I am of opiuiou, provided 



good constitu- 

 tion nine times the disorder be not very easily known, 



:a ten perform J J 



the cure. ^^^ distinguished, both the horse and the 

 man have but very little hopes from the 

 veterinary surgeon's, or the physician's 

 assistance. Nature, and a good constitution, 

 nine times in ten, perform the cure, both in 

 man, and horse. 



