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If this prove iiieftectual, add to it about 

 a dram or two of vitriolic acid, or even more, 

 provided it be so diluted with water, or the 

 above decoction of pomegranate, as to do no 

 injury to the throat: this point may be de- 

 termined by dipping the finger into the mix- 

 ture, and applying it to the tongue. If it 

 be so sour as to occasion some degree of pain, 

 or a very unpleasant sensation, more water 

 may be added. 



When the disease continues some time, 

 there is danger of it's proving fatal; the horse's 

 strength must then be supported by the 

 most nutritious diet; and tonics, such as 

 bark, with opium. (See Vol. II., or Materia 

 Medica.) Yitriolated iron may also be tried, 

 warm embrocations may be rubbed upon the, 

 back or loins, or a warm plaster laid on it, 

 composed of common turpentine. Burgundy 

 pitch, ajid bees' wax ; four parts of the first, 

 two of the second, and one of the third article. 

 When the urine assumes a brown or coffee 

 colour, the pulse becoming very quick and 

 weak, intermittent or irregular, and the 

 animal getting gradually more feeble, there 

 is no chance of recovery. 



