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of furfeit, farcy, or glanders. Thoufands of 

 unfortunate creatures are made wretched for 

 the poor remainder of their lives, and facrificed 

 only for the want of a week's refpite, and a 

 few (hillingsworth of medicine. 



The Cure: Bleed plentifully at firft, if 

 there be fufficient ftrength, and repeat feveral 

 times in more moderate quantity. Emollient; 

 glyfters with lenitive eleftuary, and a fraall 

 quantity of linfeed oil. Give the febrifuge 

 drinks with cremor tartar and fine rhubarb, 

 Bartlet advifes to finish with bails of camphor 

 and nitre, two ounces of the latter, one drachm 

 the former, they may be compounded with 

 anifeeds, honey, and Caflile foap.- Or, a courfe 

 of the rhubarb and aloetic purge, v/ith fix 

 drachms diapente. Or, the following altera- 

 tive purge three or four times. Fine aloes fix 

 drachms ; powdered guiacum,- half an ounce ; 

 diaphoretic antimony and powdered myrrh, 

 each two drachms, ball with fyrup of buck- 

 thorn. 



Sometimes three or four fetons or rowels 

 may be necelfary in this difeafe, the horfe being 

 very grofs. 



HIDEBOUND AND SURFEIT. 



The common term hidebound is applied to 



a tightneis and adhefion of the fkin, occafioned 



by obftruftion or deficiency of fluid in the cu- 



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