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nefs, and fweHing of the body and legs, 

 rccourie may be had to the following, 

 drink : 



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TAKE of fait prunel, or nitre, oneAdrinkto 

 ounce ; juniper berries, and Venice promote 

 turpentine, of each half an ounce ; '^""^• 

 make into a ball with oil of am- 

 ber. 



Give him two or three of thefe balls, at 

 proper intervals, with a dccodionof marfh- 

 mailows, fweetened with honey. 



But if, notwithftanding he method we ,- 

 have laid down, a greenifli or reddifh jq^^s' i^^"" 

 gleet is difcharged from his noftrils, with fevers. 

 a frequent fneezing : if he continues to 

 lofe his fiefh and becomes hide bound ; 

 if he altogether forfakes his meat, and 

 daily grov/s weaker : if he fwells about 

 the joints, and his eyes look fixed and 

 dead -, if the kernels under his jaws fwell, 

 and feel loofe *, if his tail is raifed and qui- 

 vers ; if his breath fmells ftrong, and 

 a purging enfues with a difcharge of foetid 

 dark coloured matter : his cafe may then 

 be looked on as defperate, and all future 

 attempts to fave him will be fruitlefs. 



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