^i6 PLEURISY, &g. 



ficiently point out the propriety and confiilency 

 of exerting all poffible alacrity to obtain relief, 

 or counterad: the difeafe in \X.^ Jirjl fiage \ there-v 

 fore let the fumigation of fcalded bran and 

 hay be repeated every four or five hours, and 

 the follow^ing decodtion prepared without 

 delay : 



Take pearl barley, rafins fplltj and Turkey figs fliced, 

 each fix ounces ; 



Stick liquorice bruifed, two ounces ; 



Boi! in a gallon of water till reduced to three quarts; 

 ilrain offj and, while hot, ftir in one pound of 

 honey, and, when cold, a pint of diftilled vinegar; 

 clvina; an ounce of nitre in a oint of this decoction 

 every four, five, or fix hours, according to the 

 ftate and inveteracy of difeafe. 



If relief is not obtained fo foon as expedled;, 

 and the horfe is coilive, give a glyfter, with 



Two quarts of common gruel ; 

 Coarfe fugar fix ounces ; 

 Glauber falts four ounces; 

 Tinclure of jalap two ounces; 

 And a quarter of a pint of olive oil. 

 This muH: be repeated in twenty-four hours, or oftner 

 if neceflary, 



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