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and heal it with either of the following : Mgifp- 

 tiacuvi half an ounce : brandy and diflilled 

 vinegar of each one ounce ; tin61ure of myrrh- 

 aloes one ounce, mix. Bathe twice a day, and 

 charge with tow dipped therein. Or, quench 

 unflacked lime in vinegar, ftrain, and ufe the 

 liquid hot. Or, diftiUed vinegar; oak-bark 

 finely powdered, and whites of eggs. Should 

 the difcharge ftop very fuddenly, purge, or 

 give alteratives; indeed, if it be a natural 

 , thrufli, no aftringents can be fafely ufed, with- 

 out concomitant internals of the alterant or 

 purgative clafs, for fear of a vietajlajis, or 

 tranflation of the humour to fome other part ; 

 a much worfe confequence than the natural 

 defea. 



CHAP. III. 



FARTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON DRAUGHT 



OXEN. 



SINCE treating upon this national and im- 

 portant fubjed, in my Firft Volume, I 

 have ufed every means of enquiry in my 

 power, and have paid perfonal attention to the 

 labour of oxen, both at plough and cart: the 



refult 



