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and is in very great EHeem, infomuch that tlie 

 Grand Signior*s Ladies ufe it as a Cofmetick or 

 Beautifier of the Skin ; but as they cannot do this 

 with any Succefp, I think they make Ufe of it only 

 as it has a f ne Flavour, and is very fcarce : ( I mean 

 the befl Sort.) 



The Scarcity and Price of this Balfam makes it 

 fometimes come to us very much adulterated, but 

 v/hen really genuine, no one Medicine can exceed 

 it in opening Obftro^ions of the Lungs, and heal- 

 ing Eiofions cr Ulcerations from acrimonious and 

 /harp Humours. There is nothing exceeds it in 

 Aflhma's and Pleurifies, and whatfoever elfe requires- 

 Expedoration or Spitting. All inward Decays, as 

 well as Bruifes and Sores are relieved by it ; and 

 particularly thofe of the Reins and Urinary PafTages ;\ 

 /or it very quickly paffes off that Way, and Ihows 

 itfelf in the Smell of the Urine. In fine, it imparts 

 a Healing and Deterfive Quality to the whole Mafs 

 of Blood, fo that nothing can be faid truly to exceed 

 it in the Cure of inward Wallings, l^c. but it is fo 



^dear (as I juH now faid) that very little of it is 

 ufed ; but tlic Capi^vi Balfam fubftituted in its Stead. 

 If the Mixture with Balfam of Capi'vi, and fyrin- 

 ging or wafhing the Horfe's Noflrils well and often 

 with warm. Water and a little Honey of Rofes in it, 

 do not give P.elief in the Glanders in the Space of 



-three or four Weeks, I advife he may be knocked 

 on the Head, and put out of his Mifery ; for he 

 cannot be faid to be curable : And altho* there are 

 a Number of pretended Cures fet down for this Dif- 

 tcmper, in almcft all Authors ,• yet I don't fee any 

 of them worth Notice, faying, that among Hands 

 one may now and then give the Horfe a Quart of 

 the Deco£lion of Guajacn^u V/'ood, made as follows. 



The Gtiaia- Take of the Rafpngs of Guaiactmi^ othernxife called 

 cum Le-^ Lignum Vit(^ IVood^ half a Pound', Riujiiis, at;d 

 coa Kin tor l*f.;^g -j^Q^f ^^-.ch tri-co Ounces : Boil thefe in fix 

 the Ulan- ^^ , /^ r>- r> • rr^ /- ^ » 



dcTi. i^arts oj Ki-ver or Kain-l'P aUi' to four ^arts ; then 



Exprefi 



