2o6 - Of Alterative Medicines.' 



gum guaiacum, of each a pound 2 

 mix together with an oily pelUe, to 

 prevent the gum's caking : divide 

 the whole into thirty-two dofes, viz, 

 an ounce each dofe : let one be 

 given every day in the evening 

 " ked. 



Or, 



Analtera- TAKE of cinnabar of antimony, gum 

 tive ball. guaiacum, and Caftile or Venice 



foap, of each half a pound; fait of 

 tartar four ounces •, beat them up in- 

 to a niafs, and give an ounce every 

 day. To thefe may be added very 

 advantageoufly, an ounce and a half 

 of camphor, 



Thefe are excellent alterative medi- 

 cines, particularly for furfeited horfes ; 

 they will redlify the fluids, open the 

 horfe's hide, promote the fecretions, 

 and make him coat well ; they v/ill 

 likewife fufe and thin the blood, and 

 therefore are extremely proper when the 

 juices are too vifcid and fizy, which 

 often occafion lamenefs in various parts : 

 in ihort, thefe fort of medicines are to 

 be preferred to moft others of this kind, 

 as they are given with greater fafety, 



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