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and require no confinement, cr particu- 

 lar diet. 



They feem well calculated alfo for run- Are pro- 

 ning-horfes (efpecially the latter) whofe P^^ ^p^ 

 fluids of courfe, from the violence of[^""r'"^' 

 their exercife, are often fubjed: to great 

 alterations -, which will with more fafety, 

 and lefs inconvenience, be remedied by 

 thefe means, and a gentle alterative purge 

 given once a week or ten days, than the 

 ufual method of treating them with flrong- 

 er purgatives ; which befides difqualifying 

 them for their exercife for fome time, will 

 not alone anfwer this intention, till the 

 blood has been faturated with medicines 

 of this kind. 



^thiop's mineral given to the quantity iEtliIop'3 

 of half an ounce a day, is a very good mineral ^ 

 fweetener and corredor of the blood ^P^^°^^^'' 

 and juices; but it has been obferved, af- j^^jj-j-^^^ 

 ter having been taken a v/eek or ten days, 

 to make fome horfes flabber, and unable 

 to chew thdr hay and oats ; and the fame 

 fymptoms have arofc, where only two 

 drams of crude mercury has been given, 

 and continued about the fame fpace of 

 time. 



Whenever 



