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right prepared, fhines Tike Glafs, and is of a very 

 dark brown Colour. The Scoria, being a Com- 

 bination of the Sulphur of Antimony and Nitre 9 

 are of excellent life in all Clyfters, where Sal To- 

 lychresl is prefcrib'd. The Liver muft not be 

 wallrd, for by that means 'tis ftripp'd of its Ver- 

 mes. Two Ounces of it, reduced to fine Powder, and 

 given to a Horfe with Oats or moiftend Bran, once a 

 Day for the fpace of a Month, is an univerfal 

 Medicine for lofs of Appetite, Worms, Wounds, Farcin % 

 Mange, Obftrutlions, wafted Limbs, Cough, Shortnefs 

 of Breath ; and in a word, for all Diftempers that 

 do not require hot Medicines. It operates without 

 any fenkblG Evacuation, throwing out the Impurity 

 of the Blood by infenfible Tranfpiration } upon which 

 account 'tis, that when a Horfe is curry'd, we find 

 the Impurity of Filth flicking to his Skin much en- 

 creafed upon the firft taking of this Medicine. It 

 cools and refrefhes the Body, and by confequence 

 is not proper in the Glanders, Strangles, ox Running 

 at the Nofe. 



I know the ancient Phyficians decry'd Antimonial 

 Preparations, as being full of Arfenical and Corrofive 

 Spirits : But Experience gives it againft them •, for I 

 have given to feveral Horfes four or five Pounds of 

 this Remedy, in daily Doles, without Intermiffion ; 

 and was fo far from obferving any Corrofion in the 

 Stomach or Inteflines, that it rendred them brisk, 

 lufty, and fat. This Remedy purifies the whole 

 Mafs of Blood by infenfible Tranfpiration^ and ac- 

 cordingly raifes a Commotion and Ebullition in the 

 Blood, when 'tis firft taken; upon which account, 

 during the firft ten Days, you muft neither gallop, 

 nor work, nor even ride the Horfe much, for fear 

 of Foundering him. 'Tis true, moderate Exercife 

 is very neceflary for promoting the Expulfion of the 

 impure Vapours by the Pores of the Skin ; but ve- 

 hement Exercife, efpecially in the beginning, is ex- 



treamly 



