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PART IV. 



TREATMENT OF A FEW DISEASES. 



No one but a skilful professional man can possibly 

 treat a quarter of the diseases of horses properly ; and 

 it often requires great experience, and the most able 

 scrutiny, to be able to discern, or sometimes even to 

 guess, what is the matter with a horse, or in what part 

 he may be lame. This Part, therefore, while adapt- 

 ed to as full a practice as the most learned amateur 

 can ever safely venture on, is written merely to pre- 

 vent your outstripping the bounds of prudence : but 

 these remedies must occasionally be resorted to, for, 

 under inflammations and affections of the feet, .&c., 

 when assistance cannot be obtained, to do nothing, is 

 to let the horse either die or be ruined. . Remember, 

 however, " prevention is better than cure ;" and if you 

 diligently read over Part III. once in every month, 

 and follow in that track, you will have little need for 

 Part IV. But I must here again remind you, an Arab 

 horse is not an English horse, nor is India England ; 

 and consequently, I advise you to adhere as strictly as 

 possible to the directions I lay down, and not foolish- 

 ly to alter the quantities of physic, or substitute other 

 ingredients, or give them at different intervals than 

 those prescribed, without first consulting some per- 



