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Whichever is adopted (though the former 

 is certainly the firft in power and higheft in 

 eftimation) muft be rubbed into whatever part 

 may be afFedled, with great patience and afli- 

 duity, as nothing but length of time and per- 

 feverance in the operation can effe(ft a fuffi- 

 cient penetration to the remote feat of com- 

 plaint. Horfes that are of a full plethoric 

 habit, when attacked with this difeafe, fhould, 

 fo foon after recovery as they are able to bear 

 it, be brought under a courfe of regular eva- 

 cuations, fuch as are moft applicable to their 

 fize, ftate, conftitution, and condition. If 

 they are inclined to fluduating acrimonious 

 humours, or vifcid heavy foulnefs, let purges 

 be foon brought into ufe ^ and introduce a 

 rowel, if the cafe indicates the propriety, 

 taking off fomewhat of their former high feed- 

 ing. If the ftomach and bowels have been the 

 feat of difeafe from irritability, either by inter- 

 nal weaknefs or improper treatment, affift the 

 general fyftem with a dozen of the r^eftorative 

 cordial balls (p. 209.) after a proper conti- 

 nuance of the nervous medicines, letting one 

 be given every morning. If from worms, fo 

 foon as he is fufficiently recovered from the 

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