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distance of six or eight clear clays between 

 each. But, as the prevalent love of novelty 

 may with some produce the expectation of 

 an alterative, the following purging ball 

 will be as certainlv efjicacinus; observinsj to 

 add of jaiap two drachms to the present pre- 

 scription, if the horse should be either of the 

 two last classes described. 



Take of Barbadoes aloes ten drachms ; 

 ^Uiiop's mineral half an ounce ; 

 Soap, India rhubarb, and ginger (in powder) each orve 



drachm; 

 Oil of aaiseed and savin each thirty drops ; 

 Syrup of buckthorn or roses to make the ball. 



The course of operation to be managed 

 with the same care and precaution as those 

 before described ; the least doubt of their 

 efficacy need not be indulged as a course of 

 either will certainly obliterate them from 

 every part of the intestinal canal, and the 

 subject will, in a very few days, with proper 

 care, attention, food, and exercise, evident!}^ 

 demonstrate his advantage in being peifectly 

 relieved from such disagreeable company. 

 But as there will most undoubtedly be horses 

 troubled with worms in the possession of 

 those, who, from the nature of their avoca- 



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