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temper is not checked foon, grows deliri- 

 ous and frantick. The offTide of the 

 belly is fometimcs hard and diftended;and 

 in old horfes, v;hen the liver has been 

 long difeafed, the cure is Icarce praclica- 

 ble, and ends fatally with a wafting di- 

 arrhoea : but whtn the diilemper is recent, 

 and in young horfes, there is no fear 

 of a recovery, if the following diredions 

 are obferved. 



Firft of ail bleed plentifully ; and give xhe cure, 

 the laxative glyfter, p. 34. as horfes are 

 apt to be very coftive in this diftem- 

 per ; and the next day give him this 

 purge. 



TAKE of Indian rhubarb, powdered, a nnr^e 

 one ounce and a half-, faifron, two fbrche 

 drams •, Succotrine aloes ux drams ; j-undice, 

 fyrup of buckthorn a fuiHcient quan- 

 tity. 



If the rhubarb fnould be found too 

 expenfive, omit ir, and add the fame 

 quantity of cream of tartar, and half an 

 ounce of Caftile foap, with four drams 

 more of aloes. This may be repeated 

 mo or three times, giving intermediately 

 the foilovv'ing balls and drink. 



TAKE 



