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are very proper from their gentle and cooling 

 effefts, when fuch aid is wanted. In his Chap- 

 ter on Moon-Eyes, Gibfon recommends a mild 

 aloe purge once a week, with the following 

 ufeful practical obfervation, of which I had a 

 ilriking example laft week. He has known 

 *' a weak purge work powerfully two or three 

 ." days, without the leaft diminution of the 

 " horfe's ftrength or lofs of flefli; from foul- 

 " nefs by reafon of redundant dime and greafe.'' 

 The mare which I mentioned, p. 282, was 

 off her ftomach, weak, her coat rough, dead 

 and flaring, and ve?y hollow in her flanks. 

 From her poor and meagre appearance I was 

 almoft afraid to purge her, but fufpefting the 

 real ftate of the cafe, I ventured upon the fol- 

 lowing dofe, which I had often given to horfes 

 of her fize and ftrength, with fcarceiy any but 

 alterative and diuretic effects. Succotrine 

 aloes, and Turkey rhubarb, fix drachms each; 

 myrrh and turmeric, each two drachms ; ani- 

 feeds, two drachms ; faffron one drachm ; balled 

 with fyrup of buckthorn, and oil of amber. 

 This began on Saturday morning, and did not 

 fet until Monday noon ; operating the while 

 with a degree of violence, which, however, 

 did the mare no fort of injury, on the contrary, 

 fhe has been fleek in coat, and in the bell fpi- 

 rits ever fmce ; but had the quantity of aloes 

 been larger, or of the common kind, in her 



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