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powdered fquills and Barbadoes tar; or 

 equal quantities of the above, and cordial 

 ball may be beat up together •, and where 

 they can be afforded, balfam of Peru, 

 ballam of fulphur, and flowers of Benja- 

 min, would undoubtedly, added to the 

 cordial ball, make it a more efficacious 

 medicine in cafes of this fort, as thus : 



TAKE of the pectoral or cordial ball An effica- 

 one pound, balfam of Peru half an ^'^^^ ^^^^ 

 ounce, balfam of fulphur anifated couoh» 

 one ounce, flowers of Benjamin half 

 an ounce, honey as much as is fuffi- 

 cient to form them into a paflie^ give 

 the fize of a pigeon's egg every 

 morning. 



Exercife in a free open air is very fer- ExercTe 

 viceable, and the diet fhould be mode- and diet 

 rate. Horfes fubjed: to any inward op- P^rt^cu- 

 prefllons of the lungs, fliould never be ^^J^^^^ 

 fuffered to have a belly full ; that is, they tended. 

 lliould never be permitted fo to diftend 

 their ilomach with meat or water, as to 

 prefs againfl: the midriff ; which of courfe 

 would hinder refpiration. Their hay 

 fhould even be abridged, given in fmall 

 quantities, and fprinkled with water -, 

 and their ufual allowance both of corn 

 and water, fhould be divided into feveral 



portions : 



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