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Let It be carefully attended to, and worked 

 off as fpecified under the diredion for purging. 

 If the phylic v/orks favourably, and fets well, 

 let his feed (if his appetite is keen), fjr four 

 clear days, be plentiful; and on the fifth, or 

 fixth at fartheft, repeat his /'^^rg^/;?^ /?al/, con- 

 duding the operation as before. If the dis- 

 temper has attacked him with violence, or 

 makes rapid progrefs, a third dofe mu(t be 

 given in like manner ; on the contrary, if the 

 difeafe is mild, and early difcovered, the two 

 may do. In two days after your courfe of 

 phyfic is completed begin upon the following 

 G7itimonial alteratives , aiTifled by a regular 

 adminiftration of nitre ; both being continued a 

 month without the moft tritling intermiffion : 



Take of prepared antimony one pound \ 

 Common fulphur twelve ounces ; 

 Cream of tartar eight ounces •, 

 Cinnaber of antimony fix ounces. 



Incorporate well in a mortar, and divide Into 

 iwent'^ equal parts, giving one every night in 

 the corn, firft fprinkling with water to enfure 

 its adhefion ; giving two ounces of nitre in 

 the water every morning, at which time he 

 will generally drink it with the greater avi- 



dity. 



