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rule will prove a practice highly advan- 

 tageous to the proprietor, for he may be 

 then experimentally convinced prevention is 

 ever preferable to a cure, by precluding its 

 necessity. But when such failure is per- 

 ceived, every kind of work should be in- 

 stantly set aside, if the least desire is indulged 

 to restore the horse to his former state of 

 purity or perfection. Such defect being at- 

 tended to in proper time, moderate restrin- 

 gent applications, with a loose stable, if in 

 xvinter, or a similar method, with turning out 

 in summer, will, in a short time, generally 

 restore the tone of the whole system affect- 

 ed by these means. In this class of me- 

 decine the following is entitled to the pre- 

 ference ; 



Take rectified spirits of wine one pint ; 

 Camphor two ounces ; 

 Best vinegar half a pint. 



Let the camphor be totally dissolved in 

 the spirits before the vinegar is added, which 

 being shaken well together, the parts affect- 

 ed must be properly and patiently bathed with 

 a sufficient quantity every night and morn- 

 ing, till the whole is consumed, leaving that 



