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the Horfe in a Horn of warm Ale the Night before 

 you defign to purge him with the Purge for Worms 

 before mentioned ; and this is much the bcft Way, 

 becaufe the Mercury will be doing Bufmefs all 

 Night, and mixing itfelf with the Juices of the Guts, 

 fo that many of the Worms will be either killed, 

 or fo difabled before the Purge operates, that they 

 will not have Strength to withfland the Wafh of it, 

 but will float along with the Excrements, and be 

 eje<5leQ in great Numbers. 



I have not feen any ill EfFefts of giving Mercu- 

 rius Dulcis of itfelf, though fo long before the 

 Jloes-VxivgQ as twelve Hours ; yet I muft confefs 

 that a Horle, from the pendent Situation of his 

 Head, may fooner be put into a Salivation than Man : A Horfe 

 But it is the Quantity rightly jude;ed and adapted fooner Sal i- 

 to the Horfe's Strength which is "the Thins ; for ^^^^" ^^^"^ 

 though half an Ounce given by itleir may put a ^^\-^^ ' 

 Horfe into a Salivation, yet (hall not two Drachms 

 be able to effeft it ; and thus Purgative Medicines 

 are managed fo, that they may bajome Alteratives ; 

 which Term I have explained in fome former 

 Pages. 



Although a Horfe happens to Salivate hy the 

 Ufe of Mercurius Dulcis of itfelf, yet is there no 

 - Danger ; for, one or two Purges will take oiF the 

 Running at his Mouth without Hazzard ; and if his 

 Gums be fore and Teeth loofe, they will mend of 

 thcmfelves by giving him foft Food, dffr . without 

 the Help of any Thing farther than Purging him 

 at due Interv'als as aforefaid. And this I know by 

 Experience ; for I had a Horfe that was very hard 

 to purge, being the fame that, in my Notes upon 

 Burdon, I mention to have taken t^vo Ounces of 

 Aloes, half an Ounce of Dia^ridium, tavo Ounces of 

 Cream of Tartar, and forty Drops of Oil cf Junifer, 

 tuith Syrrup of Buckthorn, and with the Addition of 

 a Drachm oi Mercurius Dulcis : Which Dofe in 

 reality is full much for two Horfe?, I mean becaufe 

 of the Diagridium. But before I order'd the Horfe 

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