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three or four times a-day with the following 

 repellent: 



Take extratfl of Saturn half an ounce ; 

 Camphorated fpirits of wine two ounces ; 

 Soft water a quarter of a pint. 



Mix the extra6t with the fpirits, by fhaking v/ell to- 

 gether, and then add the water ; or if thefe cannot 

 be eafily procured juft at the time, fubflitute, for 

 the moment, of vinegar and brandy equal parts j but 

 the ftronger muft be obtained fo foon as poffible, and 

 perfevered in till the tumour is difpelled. 



The original caufe of the warble muft be 

 likewife difcovered and rem.oved, to prevent a 

 repetition upon the fame part, from which, or 

 the continuation, a sitfast will inevitably 

 enfue. 



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Are, in the firft inftance, tumours formed 

 upon the verteir^ or Jptne, and caufed by a 

 deficiency (or fcarcity of ftuffing on each fide 

 the pad) at the back part of the faddle : which, 

 letting the tree come into clofe contact with the 

 back-bone, the parts become bruifed by the 

 fevere prefigure and conftant friction; an in- 



flammatiQn 



