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drachms ; opium (in powder) ten grains ; oil of 

 juniper thirty drops. — Mix ; 



The following drink may be substituted, 

 if a liquid is required, as it will prove equally 

 efficacious : 



Take thin gruel three quarters df a pint ; gum arabic, 

 and nitre (in powder) each one ounce ; liquid lau- 

 danum six drachms. — Mix. 

 This (as the ball abt?ve) may be occasionally re- 

 peated; 



Horses iare likewise liable to, and often 

 sustain, injuries upon the parts we now treat 

 of, by being overloaded with solid heavy 

 substances upon the loins, strains in draw- 

 ing great weights, and many other incidental 

 circumstances, to which they are constantly 

 subject in their different employments. The 

 defects arisinc]^ from such causes orio;inate in 

 a relaxation or rupture of some one or more 

 of that infinity of membranous fibres, that 

 in such case constitute the seat of disease. 

 These injuries display themselves by an evi- 

 dent wincing and local debility, perceptible 

 upon the least motion to the most common 

 observer ; they are also attended with great 



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