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tion. It is therefore (even In the firft in- 

 ftance) moft earnefUy recommended to let 

 every horfe have fuch proportion of reft from 

 his daily employment or purpofes as nature 

 evidently ftands in need of. That invariable 

 rule will pfove a pradice highly advantageous 

 to the proprietor, for he may be then experi- 

 mentally convinced prevention is ever prefer- 

 able to a curey by precluding its neceflity. But 

 when fuch failure is perceived, every kind of 

 work fliould be inftantly fet afide, if the leaft 

 defire is indulged to reftore the horfe to his 

 former ftate of purity or perfeEiion. Such 

 defedt being attended to in proper time, mo- 

 derate reftringent applications, with a loofe 

 ftable, if in winter ^ or a iimilar method, with 

 turning out in fmmnery will, in a fhort time, 

 generally reftore the tone of the whole fyftem 

 aited:ed by thefe means. In this clafs of me- 

 dicine the following is entitled to the prefer- 

 ence : 



Take rectified fplrlts of wine one pint ; 

 Camphor two ounces ; 

 Beft vinegar half a pint. 



Let the camphor be totally difTolved in the 

 fpirits before the vinegar is added, which 



being 



