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Sometimes it works by urine only, and then the purge 

 steals off unobserved by his keeper ; upon which, he 

 makes haste to give him a second, which (he says) is to 

 carry off the first purge that has not worked with him. 

 Atler giving the second, he takes him out of a warm 

 stable, and trots him abroad (be the weather hot or cold) 

 till he warms him and opens all the pores of his body 

 to make the physic work. I do not think it possible for 

 a horse with a purge or two in his belly to escape catch- 

 ing cold by such a method, and must impute great inju- 

 ries to it ; for by such carelessness, and the want of 

 better understanding, some horses lose an eye, others 

 have irrecoverable lamenesses settled in their limbs, and 

 many die. Then they tell you his liver was rotten, and 

 his lungs (upon opening) all inflamed. 



PURGE WITHIN DOORS. 



How can any gentleman be satisfied for the loss of a 

 good horse with such an ignorant account, so contrary 

 to the rules of physic and even common sense ? An 

 understanding man, when he has given his horse a purge, 

 will not stir him out of the stable till it has done working; 

 for there is really no need of exercise during the opera- 

 tion, because every purge will carry itself off, if you 

 keep him warm, and supply him with warm mashes, and 

 as much warm water as he pleases to drink, and as often. 



TO STOP VIOLENT PURGINGS. 



When a purge works too long, or too strong upon 

 him, which will weaken him too much, give him an 

 ounce of Venice molasses, in a pint of warm ale, and 

 repeat, if needful, to blunt the force of the aloes. 



All the keepers at Newmarket bleed and purge the 



