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

 ilance) moil earneftly 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 prove a pradice highly advantageous 

 to the proprietor, for he may be then experi- 

 mentally convinced prevention is ever prefer- 

 able to a cure^ by precluding its neceflity. But 

 when fuch failure is perceived every kind of 

 work fhould be inftantly fet afide, if the lead 

 defire is indulged to reftore the horfe to his 

 former ftate of purity or perfeBion. Such 

 defe(5t being attended to in proper time, mo- 

 derate reftringent applications, with a loofe 

 ftable, if in winter, or a fimilar method, with 

 turning oqt mfummer^ will, in a ftiort time, 

 generally reftore the tone of the whole fyftem 

 affedled by thefe means. In this clafs of me- 

 dicine the following is entitled to the prefer- 

 ence: 



Take redlified fpirits of wine one pint; 

 Camphor two ounces ; 

 Beit vinegar half a pint. 



Let the camphor be totally diflblved in the 

 fpirits before the vinegar is added, which 



being 



