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In this cafe alfohemuft beTupported by NutiinVe 

 nourifhing glyflers, made of milk-pot- g^'^ters. 

 tage, broths, &'c, which mufb be given 

 to the quantity of three or four quarts a 

 day 5 glyflers of this kind will be retained, 

 and abforbed into the blood ; and there 

 have been inflances of horles thus fup- 

 ported for three weeks together, who muft 

 otherwife have perilhed. 



Mr. Gibfon mentions fome extraordi- Fn'iRIons 

 nary infiances of fuccefs in cafes of this very u^e- 

 fort by thefe methods, and repeated fric- ^"^ ^" ^^^ 

 tions, which are extremely ferviccable ^^J^^^," ^^^ 

 in all i-onvulfive diforders, and often 

 prevent their being jaw-fet •, they fhould 

 be applied with unwearied diligence e- 

 very two or three hours, wherever any 

 Itiffnefs or con tractions on the mufcles ap- 

 pear, for a horfe ia this condition never 

 lies down till they are in fome meafure re- 

 moved. 



He takes particular notice of a horfe Aiemark- 

 whofe jaws were fo locked up for three ^.'ble cut e.. 

 weeks, that both lood and medicine were 

 forced to be given by glyfter •, that not 

 having recovered the ufe of his jaws for 

 a fortnight, though he now moved them 

 with lefs flifFneis he was determined, 



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