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fecond dofe may be given, which is fomctimes re- 

 quired a little ftronger than' the firft; and after this, 

 if deemed neceiTary, a thirds which is ufually con- 

 sidered a courfe of phyfic. 



PHYSIC, FORMS OF. 



The fubllances ufed to purge horfes are ufually 

 compounded in the form of balls, by which their 

 naufeous tafte becomes hid. Jalap, rhubarb, falts, 

 &€., are not found to purge a horfe, at leaft not fo 

 readily as has been fuppofed, and they are, therefore, 

 abolirtied from the prefcriptions of intelligent farriers. 

 Callor oil is fometimes ufed, and with great pro- 

 priety, in cafes that do not admit of rougher ca- 

 thartics, as in inflammation of any of the internal 

 organs, cholics, &c. The preparations of mercury, 

 particularly calomel, are given as purges ; but from 

 their peculiar properties, and difpofition to gripe and 

 falivate, are feldom given alone, but as auxiliaries 

 to other fubftances, as aloes. Mercurial purges are 

 peculiarly fitted for horfes having worms, or when 

 there is much water in the fyftem, or fat; but as 

 merely condition phyfic, they are not, perhaps, io 

 advifable. 



But the molt common fubftance ufed as phyfic is 

 aloes; and which, when properly prepared, and 

 when the aloes themfelves are of a good kind, is cer- 

 tainly not only the moft convenient, but the befl 



