ceis. 



172 Of Surfeits, Mange, and 



Thcalter- TAKE native cinnabar, or cinnabar 

 atjvep^v- of antimony, finely powdered, half 



a pound ; crude antimony, in fine 

 powder, four ounces ; gum guaia- 

 cum alfo in powder, four ounces : 

 make into fixteen dofes for eight 

 days. 



This medicine mud be repeated till the 

 horfe coats well, and all the fymptoms of 

 furfeit difappear. If the horfe is of fmall 

 value, two or three common purges fhould 

 be given, and half an ounce of antimony, 

 with the fame qauntity of fulphur, twice 

 a day, or the alterative balls with camphor 

 and nitre, as direded in the preceding 

 chapter. 



If the little fcabs on the fkin do not 

 peel ofi^, anoint them with the mercurial 

 ointment ; during the time of ufing 

 which, it will be proper to keep the 

 horfe dry, and to give him warm water. 

 This ointment properly rubbed into the 

 blood, with the affiilance of purging 

 phyfick, has frequently cured thefe kind 

 cf forfeits, without any other affift- 

 a nee. 



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