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and garlic has been recommended, when 

 this dreadful malady first begins to take 

 the animal off his feed ; the French apply a 

 blister to his forehead, which they say is a 

 sure cure ; if so, the distemper is less vio- 

 lent on the Continent ; but Frenchmen, if 

 you believe them, have a cure for every 

 disease in man, horse, or dog. 



The following receipt I have sometimes 

 found efficacious for the Distemper : 



Calomel .... 3 grains. 



Cathartic Ext. . . 7 ditto. 



Soap 7 ditto. 



Emetic Tart. . . ■£ grain. 



Make the above ingredients into three 

 pills, and one should be given every other 

 day. 



I have heard some medical men give it 

 as their opinion, that in the distemper the 

 lungs of the animal are diseased, others the 

 liver ; I have no doubt myself but that 



