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Method of Cure. 



This purge is eakulated for a strong horse ; 

 but it may be made weaker, by lessening the 

 quantity of aloes to six or seven drachms, which 

 are, in general, sufficient after a mercurial ball. 

 The horse should have mashes, warm water, and 

 proper exercise, conformably to the rules laid 

 down in Chap. IV. on purging (p. 9). Linseed 

 oil has been thought to have a powerful effect in 

 (destroying botts in the stomach: but if a pint of 

 the strong decoction of wormwood was given to 

 the horse immediately after the purging ball, it 

 will be found to have an excellent effect in dis- 

 lodging them. 



The above purge, and one of the mercurial 

 balls, may be repeated once a week, for three or 

 four times, which will effectually destroy and 

 carry off all the different kinds of worms in the 

 stomach, bowels, or intestines. After the de- 

 struction of these kinds of vermin, as the horse's 

 appetite and digestion are generally weak and 

 })ad, the foil owing drink must be given, in order 



