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the whole for ufe. Give two or three hornfuls of this cordial, 

 three or four times a-day. To be repeated as occalion may 

 require the ufe of it. 



To Stop OVER-PURGING in the Time of PHYSIC, 



Take Diapente one ounce, Myrrh two drams. Saffron one 

 dram, and Tin6lure of Opium two drams ; put the above in a 

 pint of Red Port Wine, and warm the whole together for one 

 dofe : to be repeated once a-day if occafion may require the 

 ufe of it. 



When a LAX or SCOURING has continued a long Time, and has 



Galled and Fretted the Membrane of the GUT, I xoould 



advife to make ufe, as follows. 



Take Gum Arabic two ounces, Ifinglafs two ounces fhred 

 and chopped fmall, and Starch half a pound, boil them toge- 

 ther in five quarts of Water, until they are diffolved : then let 

 the Horfe have a quart of the above Water, mixed with his 

 common Water, three times a-day, for nine days or a fortnight 

 together at leafl. 



Seftion, 16. 



Of the COLIC or GRIPES. 



npHE firft fymptoms of the Colic are thefe ; a Horfe will 

 -^ hang dov/n his head in the manger and look dull foon 

 after, will heave and pant at the flank much, and feem to be 

 in a cold fwi;at: then will become very reftlefs and turn his 

 head to his fide ; and will lie down and tumble over and over ; 



and 



