INTROD.] THE POPULAR STYLE. 3 



method of teaching the Art Veterinary, which all 

 persons might understand who read with care ; this 

 was the style adopted by White and Hinds in its 

 fullest extent, and partially by one or two more. 

 Of the last-named, and the volume promulged by 

 him, we come now to speak. 



For the reasons assigned in the Preface, in the 

 year 1822, and afterwards, we were engaged by 

 certain booksellers, in publishing periodically an 

 extended treatise on the formation, structure and 

 economy of the horse, as regards his make, 

 shape or built ; and to deduce from thence any ra- 

 tional conclusions we might come to, regarding the 

 horse's powers and performances, when those pro- 

 portions were perfect or agreeing, as well as to 

 shew what were the evils arising from defective con- 

 formation. In the course of those investigations, 

 we found that this mal conformation, or bad built, as 

 it was termed after the French Veterinarians, was 

 productive of disease of one kind or other, each agree- 

 ing with its corresponding evil form with remarkable 

 trueness ; whereof the greater number were incurable, 

 whilst some might admit of alleviation, of easement, 

 or temporary remedy. Those diseases of the limbs, 

 by continuance, we also found mainly contributed to 

 keep up the irritation of constitutional diseases that 

 are occasioned by heat, fever, inflammation ; whilst 

 the whole series are calculated to originate many 

 others, by the re-action of pain, and difficulty of 

 going, incident to awkward built ; in fine, all those 

 which depend on pace, lengths, and the consequent 



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