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-iiiay be fafely drawn full Jive pints. However, 

 thefe direcfticns fhould be carefully made by 

 meafure, to avoid the inconvenience and dan- 

 ger -of too much relaxing the whole fy item '^ 

 an impropriety in condudl that may not be fd 

 eafily remedied as imagined. After this eva- 

 cuation, let the fame regular fyftem of food> 

 and gentle exercif^, be continued for three clear 

 days ; and on the fourth prepare his body for 

 the phyfic intended to be taken on the follow- 

 ing morning, by giving him in the courfe of 

 the day tiree ma/Jjes of equal parts of bran and 

 oats, fcalded with boiling water, and given 

 at a proper degree of warmth, mornings noon^ 

 and night 3 putting on the neceffary body- 

 clothes, at the time of giving the firft mafh; 

 to prevent the leaft hazard of cold from the 

 relaxation of either body or pores. In the 

 morning give one of the following purging 

 balls, of which four different proportions are 

 fpecified, and calculated for the horfes before 

 mentioned, in refped to ftrength, lize, and 

 eonftitution. But as we iliall, in the courfe 

 of the vv'ork, have occafion to introduce refe^ 

 r once 5 to thefe ca-thartic. balls, under 

 the heads of various difeafes, it will be more 

 -eoAvenient to diftinguifh them by 7iumbers } 



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