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If the horfe Is cojlive in body, the excrements 

 hard, dark in colour, and foul in fmell, the 

 fymptoms of difeafe pov/erful, with ftrong 

 heaving in the flanks, do not delay the aflifl- 

 ance of the following emollient glyfler, which, 

 being compofed of ingredients entirely do- 

 mestic, may be moll expeditioufly provided. 



Take water gruel two quarts j 

 Coarfe fugar half a pound : 

 Common fait four ounces (or fingle handful :) 

 Olive oil a quarter of a pint.— Mix together, and 

 inje6l moderately warnj. 



This, by its gentle relaxing property, will 

 probably promote defirable evacuations in both 

 ftool and urine : being equal to any other that 

 can be prefcribed for the purpofe, however pre- 

 pared with articles remote from prefent prac- 

 tice or difficult to be obtained. If obfhrud:ions 

 fhould not be removed, or the necefTary evacu- 

 ations enfue, repeat the operation in four hours 

 after; ftrengthening your injeftion with two 

 ounces of lenitive eleSiuary, and three ounces of 

 Glauber fait s^ both being difTolved in the gruel. 

 This will produce certain evacuations, as the 



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