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Ionium, or half a fcruple of opium, or 

 camphor; (hould it affedl his mouth fo 

 much as to render him incapable ot eat- 

 ing even foft food, the purging drink 

 fliould be given him, fo as to procure 

 thrte or four (tools every day, and the 

 ball forborn till this complaint is remov- 

 ed. But this medicine, 1 think, may in 

 fome horfes fucceed better, by giving 

 the turbith in lefs quantities, and for a 

 longer time, a fcruple every night, or 

 half a dram every other night ; which 

 method I think fafeft to begin with, in 

 order to judge of the horfe's conftitu- 

 tion ; and as we have more particularly 

 explained in the chapter on Farcy. 

 Alter this courfe, a flrong decodion of 

 guaiacum, or the alteradve powders, 

 fhould be given for a month ; or lime- 

 water may be given for his conftanc 

 drink, at firft mixed with his water, af- 

 terwards alone. 



The guaiacum decoftion may be pre- 

 pared thus; 



rnjjg TAKE of the fhavings of guaiacum 



fweetning two pounds, liquorice root fliced four 



dunk, ounces, crude antimony, groDy pow- 



dered, and put into a bag, one pound; 

 boil in three gallons of fpring water 



for 



