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^iven ever)' other night for four or five nights, for horfes 

 .-tTefted with greafe. Mr. White diretls a compofition of 

 ' oz. of levigated antimony, 8 oz. of flowers of fulphur, 



■r.ixed with treacle, to be made into 8 balls : — or, 4 oz. of 

 powdered rofin, 3 oz. of nitre, I oz. of tartarifed antimony, 

 mixed with treacle, and divided into 8 balls : — or, 2 oz. of 

 unv?a(hed calx of antimony, 2 drs. of calomel, and 40Z. 

 of powdered anileeds, mixed with treacle, and divided into 

 S dofes : — or, i dr. of calomel, I dr. of aloes, 2 drs. of 



Callile foap, 30 drops of oil of juniper, and ^oz. of pow- 

 dered anifeeds, made into a ball with fyrup, which ferves for 

 one dofe, and which Mr. W. calls the " mercurial" altera- 

 tive. Mr. Taplin recommends levigated antimony, flowers 

 of fulphur, and nitre, of each 3 oz., 10 oz. of Cafliile foap, 

 3 drs. of oil of juniper, formed into a mafs with honey q-J-, 

 and divided into 1 2 balls, and one to be given ever)- morning 

 for three or more weeks, in cafes of greafe, after purging 

 with a common ball : — or, milk of fulphur, prepared anti- 

 mony, cream of tartar, cinnabar of antimony, of each 5 oz., 

 40Z. of iEthiops' mineral, and honey q. f., and the mafs 

 divided into 1 2 balls, one of which (hould be given every 

 morning, for a month, in the farcy. 



Purging balls are prepared, according to the directions 

 of Mr. Taplin, of l oz. of focotorine aloes, 2 drs. of rhu- 

 barb, jalap, and cream of tartar, of each i dr., 2 fcruples of 

 ginger, oil of cloves and oil of anifeed, of each 20 drops, 

 and fyrup of buckthorn q. f. Mr. White orders 5 drs. of 

 focotorine aloes, 2 drs. of prepared natron, i dr. of aro- 

 matic powder, 10 drops of oil of caraway, with fyrup 

 q.f. : — or, 7 drs. of focotorine aloes, i oz. of Caftile foap, 

 I dr. of ginger, and lo drops of oil of caraway, with fyrup 

 q.f. : — or, i oz. of focotorine aloes, 2 drs. of prepared 

 natron, i dr. of aromatic powder, 10 drops of oil of ani- 

 feeds, and fyrup q.f. Mr. White afTures us, that the fecond 

 of his compofiticns is generally fufficient for ftrong horfes, 

 and that he has never had occafion for a more aftive purge 

 than the laft. Mr. Ryding direfts 6 drs. of Barbadoes 

 aloes, I fcruple of ginger, and foft-foap q.f. : — or, i oz. 

 oS Barbadoes aloes, i dr. of calomel, and mucilage of 

 gum arable q.f. The firlt he calls a mild purging ball, 

 and the latter the mercurial purging ball. Mr. J. Lawrence 

 directs 2 or 3 balls to be made of the following ingredients ; 

 iHz. from 12 to 14 drs. of focotorine aloes, from i to 2 oz. 

 of cream of tartar, a tea-fpoonful of powdered ginger, a 

 table-fpoonful of olive-oil, and fyrup of buckthorn or trea- 

 cle, q.f Mr. R. Lawrence, for the fame purpofe, orders 

 9 drs. of Barbadoes aloes, and I dr. of ginger, to be formed 

 into a ball with fyrup or treacle. 



Diuretic balls are prepared by Mr. R. Lawrence of i oz. 

 of Venice turpentine, 2 drs. of tartarifed antimony, and 



1 oz. of liquorice-powder, with treacle. By Mr. White, 

 thev are made to confifl of 4 oz. of Cafl;ile foap, and pow- 

 dered roiln and nitre, of each 2 oz., i oz. of oil of juniper, 

 linfeed-powder, and fyrup q.f. This mafs for ftrong horfes 

 is divided into 6 balls, but for weak ones into 8 : — or, 

 the fame balls may be prepared of 4 oz. of Caftile foap, 



2 oz. of Venice turpentine, and powdered anifeeds, and 

 treacle, q.f fo as to form 6 balls: — or, balls from i to 

 li oz. are prepared, according to Mr. Ryding's directions, 

 of yellow refin, Caftile foap, and Venice turpentine, of each 

 1 lb. difTolved flowly over the fire and formed into a mafs. 

 Thefe balls, he fays, are excellent diuretics, _ and may be 

 given in gripes, fwelled legs, greafe, or in difeafes of the 

 eye, &c. 



Cordial balls are prepared by the fame of 2 oz. of grains 

 of paradife, finely powdered, ginger and canella alba, of each 

 ^ oz., anifeeds and caraway -feeds, of each li oz., 2 oz. "f 



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liquorice-powder, and honey q.f ; to be given occafionally. 

 By Mr. W hite, thefe balls are prepared by making a mafs 

 with treacle of cummin-feeds, anifeeds, caraway-feeds, of 

 each 40Z., and 2 oz. of ginger ; and they are given in 'the 

 quantity of about 2 oz. : — or, they may be made of anifeeds, 

 caraway-feeds, moift fennel-feeds, or liquorice-powder, of 

 each 40Z., ginger and caflia, of each il oz., made into a 

 mafs with honey, and given in a dofe of about 2 oz. 



Aflringent hdils are prepared by Mr.Taphn's direAions of 

 6 drs. of diafcordium, gum arabic, prepared chalk, and 

 Armenian bole, of each i oz., i dr. of ginger, 40 drops of 

 oil of anifeed, with fyrup q.f ; they are given in cafes of 

 laxnefs or fcouring, and repeated every 6, 8, or 12 hours, 

 as the cafe may require. For this purpofe balls may be 

 prepared of rhubarb, and compound powder of gum traga- 

 canth, of each i oz., columbo and ginger, of each i dr., 

 15 grs. of opium, 6 drs. of orange-peel, and fyrup of pop- 

 pies ; the ball to be repeated in 12, 18, or 24 hours : — or, 

 I oz. of mithridate, Armenian bole, gum arabic, and pre- 

 pared chalk, of each \ oz., 2 drs. of ginger, and fyrup of 

 poppies, may form a ball. 



Rejiorative ball is formed, according to Mr. Ryding, of 

 \ lb. of Peruvian bark, 2 oz. of grains of paradife, gentian, 

 and columbo, of each 3 oz., and honey q.f ; the mafs is to 

 be divided into 16 balls, and one to be given every morning 

 in cafes of indigeftion or lofs of appetite. Mr. Taphn 

 direfts a ball for this purpofe to be made of 4 oz. of Peru- 

 vian bark, 2 oz. of mithridate (or diafcordium), canella 

 alba, fnake-root, and camomile, of each, in powder, i oz., 

 or formed into a mafs with honej- q.f, and di\-ided into 

 6 balls, one to be given night and morning : — or, A oz. of 

 Venice treacle, 6 drs. of Peruvian bark, columbo, and 

 camomile, of each 2 drs., 25 drops of oil of caraway, and 

 honey q.f. 



Diaphoretic balls are formed, according to Mr. ^^'^ute's 

 direftions, of i dr. of opium, 2 drs. of camphor, 3 drs. 

 of tartarifed antimony, i oz. of powdered anifeeds, and 

 fyrup q.f 



PHASIS, 1. 9, infert — it is at the town of Serpana 

 that it becomes navigable, and after coUecling the ftreams 

 of the plain of Mingrelia, it enters the Black fea. It 

 purfues a courfe of 500 miles, 40 of which are navigable 

 for large veflels. At its difcharge into the fea, it has a 

 fmall woody ifland in the midft of the channel. 



PHASMA, in Entomology, a genus of infects formed 

 from fome of the Linnsean Mantes, and differing from 

 that genus in having all the legs equally formed for walk- 

 ing, and without the falciform joint that diiUnguifhes the 

 fore-legs in mantes. The characters are, head large, an- 

 tennas filiform, eyes fmall, rounded; ftemmata three, between 

 the eyes ; wings four, m.embranaceous ; the upper pair ab- 

 breviated, the lower pleated ; and feet formed for walking. 

 They feed entirely on vegetable food. The molt remark- 

 able is the P. gigas or M. gigas of Linnseus. It is a 

 native of the ifland of Amboina. Another extraordinary 

 fpecies is the P. dilatatum, defcribed in the 4th volume of 

 the Tranfactions of the Linnaean Society. Some infects of 

 this genus, as well as thofe of the mantis, have their upper 

 wings refembling the leaves of trees ; nature having thus 

 provided for their fecurity againft the attacks of birds, and 

 as well as for the more ready attainment of their prey. The 

 female of the P. fucifolium has no under wings. 



PHILADELPHIA, 1. 6, r. 19 ; 1. 7, r. contained, in 

 18 10, 57,488 inhabitants. Add — Alio, the metropohs of 

 Pennfylvania, and now a diftinct county, containing 14 

 wards, and, by the cenfus of 1810, 53,722 inhabitants. 

 Philadixphia Stones, 1. 3, after citv, add — in Alia. 



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