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follows. Put a quart of Water, with two Ounces of 

 Salt of Tartar in a brazen Pot, with a cover, and fet it 

 over the Fire, till the Salt be diffolv^d. Dijfolve after 1 

 the fame manner, an Ounce of Sal Armoniack in pouder y 

 in another quart of Water. Mix the two Solutions iri 

 a Pail, and fill np the Pail with Water, adding a 

 little Barley -flower, to qualify the unpleafant Tafte. 

 This Febrifuge ought always to be mixt with his 

 drink, for it excels Sal PrunefU, and all others that 

 can be prefcrib'd. When the Horfe does not eat 

 or drink, let him be always bridled, with a Bag 

 ty'd to the Bitt, containing, Jjfa-fcetida and Savin % 

 both in ponder, of each half an Ounce. 



Cordial Waters are very proper in ... 



this Cafe, for they inable Nature to f io % rdta /Pe * 

 refifl: the malignity, and by their moi- 

 fture allay the internal heat. For Inftance : Tate, 

 three pints of the Waters of Scabious, Carduus Bene* 

 diftus, Scorzonera, and Queen of the Meadow, with 

 an Ounce of the Confetlion of Alkermes. Make the 

 Horfe drink it up •, and repeat it next day, if there 

 be occafion. 



Above all, Clyfiers repeated, if there A Turgfa£ 

 be occafion, three or four times a day, c l v fl cr fo f 

 relieve the Horfe mod effectually. Take Fever * 

 two Ounces of the Scoria of Liver of Antimony, in fine 

 pouder if. boil them in five pints of Whey , made of Cow* 

 Milk ; and after two or three brisk waums, remove it 

 jiom the Fire, and immediately add two heads of Colo- 

 quintida, fliced fmall ; and after 'tis half cold, prefs 

 out the Liquor, to which add a quarter of a pound of 

 Butter , and inject it lukewarm. This is a Purga- 

 tive Clyfter, that mult not be ufed daily -, but the fol* 

 lowing may be repeated fever al times a day. 



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