DISEASES IN THE KIDNEYS. 145 



Treatineat oa Discovery of the Disease. 



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presided. The pulse at first is hard and frequept, 

 and as the inflammation increases, it becomes 

 smaller and mpre oppressed. As soon as the 

 disease or complaint is first discovered, take from 

 three to four quarts of blood from him, and 

 in about two hours ^fter give the following 

 drink, 



(RECIPE, No. 94.) 



Take — Mithridate, or Venice treacle, one ounce ; 



The best dragon's blood, in powder, one 

 ounce ; 



Oil of amber, one ounce : 



Wheaten flour, half an ounce : or sufficient 

 to make the whole into an electuary : 



Then take three pints of milk, and half an 

 ,ounce of isinglass ; boil them together till 

 dissolved ; and when n( w-milk warm, mix 

 the electuary, and give it to the horse. 



This drink may be repeated every morning, or 

 every other morning : but if the fever and inflam- 

 mation contitiue to increase, and his urine ap- 



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