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eight clear days between each. But, as the 

 prevalent love of novelty may with fome pro- 

 duce the expectation of an alternative, the 

 following PURGING BALL Will be as certainly 

 efficacious; obferving to zddof Ja/ap two drachms 

 to the prefent prefcription, if the horfe fhould 



be either of the two laft clalTes defcribed : 



• 



Take of Barbadoes aloes ten drachms; 



JEthiop's mineral fix drachms; 



Cream of tartar and India rhubarb each two 



drachms i 

 Ginger (in powder) one drachm; 

 Oil of anifeed and favia each thirty drops ; 

 Syrup of buckthorn or rofes to make the ball. 



The courfc of operation to be managed 

 with the fame care and precaution as tiiofe 

 before prefcribed ; the leaft doubt of their 

 efficacy need not be indulged, as a courfe of 

 either will certainly obliterate them from every 

 part of the inteflmal canal, and the lubjedt will, 

 in a very few days, with proper care, at'sntion, 

 food, and exercife, evidently demonilrate his 

 advantage in being perfedly reheved from fuch 

 difagreeable company. But as there will mod 

 undoubtedly be horfes troubled with wokms 



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