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excite feverifh, and fometimes convulfive fymp- 

 toms ; and by that means have added ftrength 

 to the diftemper, which they were intended 

 to abate ; and I have often remarked the quan- 

 tity of the purgatives given in Horfes glyfters 

 fliould not be fo large in proportion as thofe 

 given to men, becaufe of the horizontal pofi- 

 tion," &c. page 248, vol. 1, vide alfo page 29, 

 vol. 2. 



The ftrongefl purge I have been able to find 

 in Gibfon's two volumes, which now lav before 

 me, is as follows, page 258, vol. 1. 



Take fined fuccotrine aloes, an ounce and a 

 quarter, 

 frefh jalap two drachms, 

 fait of tartar three drachms, 

 native cinnabar half an ounce. 



With which let the reader, who is in the fmallefl 

 degree converfant in forms of purges, intended 

 for Horfes, compare the following out of Mr. 

 Taplin's Stable Directory, page 141, vol. 1. 



Take fuccotrine aloes ten drachms. ' 



calomel and jalap in powder, each two 



drachms and a half, 

 rhubarb and ginger, of each a drachm 



and a half, 

 fyrup of buckthorn or rofes. 



Again, 



