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aioetic purge, with rhubarb, turmeric, and faf- 

 fron. After the fetting of this dofc, proceed 

 regularly with the following infufion, until the 

 difeafe fliall fubmit, which in a favourable and 

 recent cafe, may very well happen in a week. 

 The INFUSION : Salt of tartar, two ounces ; 

 turmeric, three ounces; faffron and foap of 

 tartar, each half an ounce ; filings of iron, three 

 ounces ; mix in a gallon of beer (porter is pre- 

 ferable) and infufe in a ftone bottle corked up 

 two or three days, fliaking frequently. Strain 

 off from a pint to a pint and a half for a dofe, 

 milk warm, every morning fafling. — Bracken. 



Or : Indian rhubarb, turmeric, madder, li- 

 quorice root, fal polychreft, in powder, equal 

 quantities ; make balls with caftile foap and 

 honey. A common fized ball twice a day. 

 This feldom fails. Glyfler once or twice, if 

 needful. Rowel. Water-gruel. Clothing. Air. 

 Walking exercife. Perhaps another mild purge, 

 or flight courfe of falts, may be neceffary to 

 bring the horfe into good working condition. 



Should the difeafe proceed from feverity of 

 labour, and chronic obflruftions, and the liver 

 be affe6led, the moft powerful chymical deob- 

 ftruents will be required. The external appear- 

 ance of the horfe will fhew the flate of the cafe 

 but too plainly. Preparations of fleel. yEthiop's 

 mineral, or the antimonial powder, already 

 given in a former Chapter, rauft be tried ; but 



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