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haps be as v/cll given in water alone ; 

 but as a horfe's ftomach is foon palled, 

 and he requires palatable medicines, the 

 other ingredients may in that refpedt 

 have their ufe. Soleyfel for this purpofe 

 advifes two ounces of fait of tartar, and 

 one of fal armoniac to be diffolved in 

 two quarts of water, and mixed with a 

 pail of common water, adding a handful 

 of bran or barley flower to qualify the 

 unpleafant tafte : this may be given every 

 day, and is an ufeful medicine. 



The following alfo may be given for 

 this purpofe, 



TAKE RufTia pearl-aflies one ounce, ^ f^^.gj, 

 diftilled vinegar one pint, fpring drink, or 

 water two pints, honey four ounces : neutral 

 give a pint three or four times a"^^^^"*"^" 

 day. 



This neutral mixture, and the nitre 

 drink above, may be taken alternately; 

 they are both efficacious remedies, and 

 in fome places may properly enough be 

 joined with the camphor drink, p» 41, 



.His diet fhould be fcalded bran, given The dies 

 in fmall quantities ; which, if he refufes, in fevers, 

 let him have dry bran fprinkjed with 

 water : put a handful of p-icked hay into 



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