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drench ; the do6lor, it feems, had prepared and 

 boiled another of the fame kind, but finding his 

 patient dead, he took home the fpecific for the 

 next occafion. 



" Firft, Chemical preparations fliould 

 ** be had from the moft eminent dealers in 

 <* London, which, if kept well flopped in white 

 flint glafles, will preferve their goodnefs 

 many years. - 



" Woods and Gums. Woods fhould ever 

 be purchafed in the piece : in chips they will 

 not laft good above a year ; in powder only 

 *' a few months. Preferve thefe in boxes of 

 tin or oak, in a dry place. 

 " Seeds ought to be frefli every year. 

 Roots and Herbs, if native, it is highly 

 " convenient to cultivate at home. Herbs 

 " muff be dried annually, roots preferved as 

 " woods and gums. 



*' Beer, prefcribed in horfe medicine, ought 

 to be clear ; if not, prepare by fetting it 

 upon the fire, and difpuming it, or taking off 

 " the fcum as it rifes. 



Wine prefcribed, mufl not be fliarp or 

 pricked, or adulterated ; if pure, but only 

 pricked, boil it awhile. The admixture of 

 cyder, honey, and fpirits, is a bad fubflitute, 

 and quite contrary to the intention of a cor- 

 " dial or reftorative ; the home-made wines of 



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