Of the FARCIN or FARCY. igt 



made further trials in fmaller quantities, quantities 

 which had he done, it is more than pro- ^^^ ^^"^^« 

 bable he would nor have been difappoint- 

 cd: for the grand fecret in giving mer- 

 curials as alteratives, is the introducing 

 them into the blood, without operating 

 on the ftomach and bowels ; and to A<^ 

 this effectually, they miUft be given in 

 fmall C[uantities, and fo bridled, as to 

 controul their force on the firft paiTages: 

 taken in this manner, they will mix gra- 

 dually with the blood and juices, and 

 operate both elfeclually and fafely. 



The method I would recommend is as Balls with 

 follows: give one fcruple or half a dram turbith 



of turbith, mixed into a ball v/ith an ^^^°?'j 

 r XT • r 1 -1 mended, 



ounce or Venice ioap, every other night 



for a fortnight •, then abflain a week or 

 ten days, and repeat it again. Should 

 this baJl purgp, or make the horfe fick, 

 mix it up with two drams of philonium, 

 or with four or five grains of opium, or 

 camphor; with thcfe reflridlions it may 

 be given for fome weeks; but fliould the 

 horle's mouth be found tender or fore, 

 you mufl refrain giving, till that com- 

 plaint is removed by gentle purges; and 

 then return to it again in fmaller quan- 

 tities ; for as the effedis of mercurials 

 are very different in the different confti- 



tucions. 



