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necessary it is to rescue this valuable animal 

 from the barbarous and absurd treatment of 

 illiterate blacksmiths. An account of this oper- 

 ation was sent me by a gentleman who saw it 

 practised a few months ago. " The head and 

 legs of the horse being secured, two men 

 (one on each side) pull the hide from the 

 ribs in about fifty places with pincers." The 

 proprietor of this unfortunate animal must 

 surely have been destitute of common sense 

 or humanity, to allow an ignorant unfeeling 

 famer to perform so cruel* and fruitless an 

 operation. 



ALTERATIVE BALLS. 



No. 1. 



Barbadoes aloes, - - 1 oz, 



Castile soap, - - 9 dr. 



Powdered ginger, - - 6 dr. 



Sirup enough to form a mass, to be divided 



into four doses. 



No. 2. 



Tartarised antimony, - 2| oz. 



Powdered ginger, - li oz. 



Opium, - - - i 02. 



Sirup enough to form a mass, to be divided 



into eight balls. 

 (See Condition, Appendix.) ' 



