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before we clofe this chapter, it may Coughs 

 be neceflary to obferve here that fome ^" young 

 young horfes are fubjedb to coughs on u^^^y !* 

 cutting their teeth ; their eyes alfo are af- ed. 

 feded from the fame caufe. In thefe 

 cafes always bleed, and if the cough is 

 obftinate, repeat it, and give warm 

 mafhcs ; which, in general, are alone fuf- 

 ficient to remove this complaint. But v^^j^^n 

 when the cough is an attendant on worms, from 

 as it often is in young horfes, you mull worms, 

 give fuch medicines as have a power to 

 dcftroy thofe animals ; particularly mer- 

 curial phyfick at proper intervals, and in- 

 termediately half an ounce of -^^thiop's 

 mineral, mixed up with the cordial, or 

 pedoral balls, may be given every day. 

 F/J^ Chapter on Worms* 



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