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plethoric state than remove it. Regulating the 

 quantity of food given to him, proper exercise, and 

 occasional laxatives, as the following powders, will 

 be commonly found sufficient after the first bleed- 

 ing, and operation of the aloetic purge. In slight 

 affections of this kind, a brisk purge will often 

 alone be sufficient. (See Purging.) 



(RECIPE, No. 1.) 



Take — Crocus of antimony, finely levigated : 



Nitre, cream of tartar, and flour of sulphur, of 



each four ounces : 

 Powder and mix them well together for use. 



One table-spoonful of these powders may be 

 given every night and morning, in a mash of 

 scalded bran, or a feed of corn moistened with 

 water, that the powders may adhere thereto. 



These powders will be found excellent for such 

 horses as are kept on dry meat, whether they be 

 in the stable, or travel on the road; also for 

 stallions in the spring of the year, as they not 

 only keep the body cool and open, but cause 

 him to cast his coat, and make his skin appear 

 as bright as silk. 



Bleeding is likewise employed to restore the 

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