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This foul disease ne'er struck; sometimes, tho' rare, 

 When they're full grown, the malady they share ; 

 Should it be conquer'd, you will never more 

 Into their frames discutients have to pour 

 For this complaint. The symptoms of th' attack 

 Are dullness, wasting, with slight cough, and lack 

 Of usual appetite at this first stage, 

 This cheap emetic must your care engage ; 

 A spoonful large of salt, dissolv'd in three 

 Of water warm, is often found to free 

 Their mucous membrane ; then of calomel 

 One grain and half, to which you'll add as welt 

 Of rhubarb five ; the ailment's found to pay 

 Respect to this, when giv'n each other day : 

 This for a whelp that's six months old or so 

 When younger less, when older more bestow. 

 If you should give, by chance, too strong a dose 

 Of the above, I then to you propose 

 The under mentioned : when of each a third 

 With careful hand you blend, take then my word, 



