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So foon therefore as they are fufpefted, or at 

 lead fo foon as they are afcertained, to have 

 taken pofTeffion, it will be prsident to prevent a 

 horfe being hurt in appetite, reduced in flefli 

 or altered in condition (by their conftantly 

 preying upon the internal coat of the ftomach, 

 and injuring thofe minute paffages through 

 which the chyle or nurri<ive parts of the ali- 

 ment is conveyed into the circulation, for the 

 general fupport of the frame), to proceed upon 

 fome one of the following courfes without 

 delay. 



Prepare your horfe for the courfe of phyfic 

 by the inflrudions given under that heud, 

 page 35; and let your dofe be adapted to the 

 ftrength, fize, and condition of your fubject, 

 by thefe rules: if the horfe is thorough bred, 

 and delicate in fliape and make, 



To the purging ball. No. i, add calomel one 

 drachm and a half. 



If the horfe is beyond this pitch of delicacy, 

 ftronger in make, and more entitled to the ap- 

 pellation of HONTER, fhewing fome propor- 

 tion of BLOOD, 



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