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difcharge, or (land the bed chance to be fufFo- 

 cated in a fit of coughing. The pretended danger 

 of a recourfe to fneezing powders, granting them 

 to be moderately ufed, I beheve to be groundlefs, 

 and I can fpeak from fufficiently frequent trials 

 of their efficacy in certain cafes. But to return — 



It is generally good pra6lice to bleed at the 

 commencement, which ought to be repeated in 

 a few days, if fever and fullnefs of the veffels 

 indicate the neceflity. Give the following, in 

 one or two balls, twice or thrice a day, allowing 

 plenty of warm gruel or white water, which 

 fhould be poured down with the horn, if the 

 horfe refufe it : Nitre and cremor tartar, of 

 each one ounce ; juniper berries frefh and good, 

 powdered, one ounce ; Spanifh liquorice melted, 

 half an ounce, or enough to fweeten with •, 

 work them up with liquorice powder or floufo 

 This medicine may be given in gruel or ale, if 

 a drink be preferred, and an addition made to 

 the quantities if required. In either of thefe 

 methods you are certain the horfe has his me- 

 dicine ; which is by no means the cafe when 

 you truft to infufions in his water, or to inare- 

 dients thrown upon, or mixed with his maflies, 

 which are frequently rejeded and loft. Some 

 horfes alfo with delicate llomachs will not touch 

 a mafh, in which any medicine has been mixed. 

 There is, however, great inconvenience, and 

 even danger, in forcing any medicine down a 



horfe's 



