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ing morning, by giving him in the course of 

 the day three ?nashes of equal parts of bran 

 and oats, scalded with boihng water, and 

 given at a proper degree of warmth, morn- 

 ing, noon, and night ; putting on the neces- 

 sary body-clothes, at the time of giving the 

 first mash, to prevent the least hazard of cold 

 from the relaxation of either body or pores. 

 In the morning give one of the following 

 purging balls, of which four diiferent propor- 

 tions are specified, and calculated for the 

 horses before mentioned, in respect to 

 strength, size, and constitution. But as we 

 shall, in the course of the work, have occa- 

 sion to introduce references to these ca- 

 thartic BALLS, under the heads of various 

 diseases, it will be more convenient to dis- 

 tinguish them by riumbers; and, beginning 

 with the weakest, the reference need only be 

 made to the number in future, without a re- 

 petition of the ingredients. 



PURGING BALL. 



(No. 1.) 



Take of succotrine aloes one ounce ; 

 India rhubarb two drachms ; 



