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each IWO drams, fine aloe! one ounce, fa/Fron

one dram, oil of aDnifeeds IWO drams, oil of amher

oDe dram ; wilh honey eñough 10 form into a ball.

They may be rcpealcd al proper inlervals, wilh Ihe

uCual caulioos. In the inlermediale days, and for fome

lime aflcr, one of the following balls may be given every

morning.

T.\K& cioaabar of anlimony, finely levigaled, frx

ounees; guro ammoniacum, galbanum, and alfa f:e–

lida, of each IWO ounces; garlick four ounces;

fafl'ron half an ounce: make inlo a palie for balls,

wilh a proper quanlily of honey.

TAl& of Ihe peéloral or cordial ball one pound, bal–

fam of Peru half an ounce, balCam of fulphur anni–

faled one ounce, flolVers of Benjamin halC an OUDce,

honey as mucb as is fullicient 10 form Ihem inlo a

palie; gil'e Ihe fize of a pigeon's egg e.ery moroing.

Exercife in a free open air is very ferviceable, and the

diel Ihould be moderale_

The following are tbe fymploml of a dry cough, or

aUhma.

The horre a/lliéled wilh this cough eats hmlily,

Hunl~

aDd goes Ibrough his buGners wilh alacrity, appears well

comd, and has all Ihe figns of perfeét heallh; yet be

eough! al particular limes almoll incetraedy, witbout

throwiog up any thing, except thal the violenee nf Ihe

cough .,iJl caufe a little c1ear waler 10 dillill from his

nore. Though Ihis COIIgh is nOI periodical, yet rome of

IheCe horres cough moll in a morning, afler driDkiag.

Tbi! llIay properly be llyled a nmous aahma in a

horCe; as probably il cbieBy a/feéts Ihe Denes in the

membranous parls of Ihe lungs and midri/f; and is a

caCe very doublful al leall, if not incurable; bUI wheD

Ihe borre is young, the foUowing melhod may be fue·

ccrsful.

Takc ¡way 6rll a moderale quaDlily of blood; Ihen

give him IIVO drams of calomel, mixed up wilh an ounce

of diapenle, for IWO nighls; and Ihe nexI morning a

purgiog ball. Keep him well c10alhed and littered, aod

feed him wilh fcaJded bran and warm water.

.Once in eighl or len dayl lhis purge may be repeatcd,

IVllh one mercuri11ball ooll', given over.night.

The following balls maytben be laken, one everyday,

abouI Ihe h e of a pullel's egg, Ihe horre fan ing

t\Vo

hours aflerwards; aod Ihould be conlinued lWO monlils,

or longer, 10 be of real fervice.

TA KE nalive cinnabar, or cinnabar of antimon)', hall'

a pound; gum guaiacum

fo~r

ounces ; myrrh, and

gum armoniac, of each IWO Ollllces ; Venice fo.p

half a pOllnd : the cinnabar mun ba fillell' levigmd,

as before obferved, and Ihe whole mixed up ""ilh

honey, or oxymcl rquilh.

The following alfo \ViII be found auCeful remedy io ob–

flinatedry coughs.

TARE gum ammooiacum, fquilJs, and Vcnice foap, of

each four ounces, balfaOl of fulphur with annifecos·

one ounce; beal up illlo a mals, and give as Ihe

formor.

Be/ore wc clore thi! ftaion, it mal' be necerrary 10

obrcrvc hC'1'e, Ihal fomc young horCes are fubjcél 10 coughs

00 cllltiog Iheir leelh ;

Ih.ir

eyes alCo are

.fl't~ed

f"OIlI

t1le fam.e

cauC~.

In IhcCe cafel, alIVays bleecl; and if the

cOI~gh

'.s oblllllale, repeal it, and give warm malhes;

wluch,

general, are alone

fuflici~nl

to remOle thi! COIII–

p,lainl.

BRoHN WINO.

TH Isdiforder hilheno feems 10 have becn li!tle under–

llood; bUI Mr Gibfon is inclintd tO think, thal the Cource

of it is frequen dy. owing 10 iojudicious or hal\ y feeding

young horfe! for lale; by which mcans Ihe growlh of

the lungs, and alllhe conlenl! within the chen, are fo in –

creared, andoin a few years fo pmernaluralll' enlargeq,

Ihat the caV\ty of Ihe cheU is not capacious eoough for

l?em 10 expand themCelves in, and pcrform Iheir func.

UODS.

. A

nmowconlraéted chell with large lungs may fome–

limes nalurally be the caufe of Ibis dilarder: and it has

becn obCerved, thal borCes lifingeight yms old are as li–

able 10 this dlllemper, as, at a cenain period of life, men

fall inlo a!thmas, confumptioos, and other chrooic dif–

eafes.

The reaCon why Ihis diforder becomes more apparenr

Ihis age, may be, Ihal a horfe comes 10 his full

llrenglh and malurily al !his lime : al fix' be commooly

finilhes his growlh in height; afler Ihat time be 1m

down his belly, and fpreads, and.1I hi, pans are grolVn

10 Iheir full eXlenl;

that Ihe pretrure on Ihe luogl and

midri/F is now more increafed.

BU!

how Iittle \\'cighl foever Ihefe reafons may hart,

repealed ditreétioo! havo given ocular proofs of a preleroa–

turallargenefs, nOI only of Ihe luogs of brokeo·winded

horfes, bUI of Iheir hean and ils bag, aDd of the mem–

brane which dividesIhechell; as weUal of a remarhble:

Ihinoefl io Ihe diaphragm, or midri/F.

This diCproponion has been obfemd 10 be fo greal,

Ihat lhe hean and Jungs bave been almoll of I\l/ice Iheir

natural fize , perfeétly found, and withoUl aoy ulcer;uion

whatel'er ; or any defeét in !he wind-pipe, or il! glandl.

Henceil appears, ¡hal Ihis

enormo~s

fiu

of the lungs,

and thefpace lbey occupy, by hinderiog Ihe freeaétion cf

Ihe midriff, is Ihc chief caofeof Ihi,

dilard~r ;

and al lhe

Cubllance of Ihe lungs wa¡ CouDd more fldhy lhan uCual,

Ihey of courCe mullloCe a great deal of lheir fpring and

lone.

Whocver ccnfrilm a broken·wind in this lighl, mufl

own

Ih~1

it may be reckooed among Ihe incurable dillem–

pers of borfes; and 1ru.1 aJl lhe bcallcd prelenfions 10

cure are vain and fril'olous, fince Ihe ulmoll !kili

co n

amounl 10 no more lhan nowand Ihcnpallialing tbe Cym?–

tom~,

and miligaling Iheir violcnce.

We Ihall therefore only lay dowo fuchmelhodsasm.y

probablyprevent Ihis diforder, whenpurfuedin lime. BUI

if they lhould nOI fuccecd, we.O,all olfer fome rem,dl<s

ard rllles 10 miligale ils force, and to makc a horre as

uletul

pollible under Ihis malad)'

isuCual, before a brokcn wind Rppem. for a h" ,C( 10

have

dry obllinale cough, wilhout ally

vili~llt

lilJ-od3

or 10[' of appetilc ; blll, on Ihe contrary, a r1J(pu:illon Iv

foul

f~;dinE,

ealiog lbe lillcr, acd dI inking mlle" wal<l .

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