254 FEVERS, 



an irregularity in habit, bearing alternate ap- 

 pearance of HEALTH and SICKNESS, corrcf- 

 ponding in fome degree with the intermittents 

 or agues of our own fpecies, cordial pmachc 

 rejlorathes are the medicines upon which the 

 expedation of cure may be with mod certainty 

 formed i therefore prepare the following balls: 



Take of Peruvian bark (in powder) four ounces; 

 Mithridate (or diacordium) two ounces ; 

 Winter's bark, fnake root, and camomile (in 



powder) each one ounce -, 

 Honey fufficient to make a mafs, which divide 



into fix balls. 



Ofthefe let one be given every night and 

 morning when the horfe is in a ftate of temper- 

 ance, perceptibly free from every appearance 

 of extreme heat or cold, continuing them till 

 double the above are taken, fl^ould the cafe 

 require it. Where a drink is preferred one 

 of the balls may be gradually diflblved in three 

 quarters of a pint of thin gruel, to which may 

 be added a common glafs of good brandy. As 

 there are no more cafes coming into an exad 

 line of fimilitude with thofe we have now 



treated 



