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111 order then to prevent, as mueh as Foflible, this dif·

or\ler, bleed hin.,

~nd

gil'e him the

mereuri~1

phyfic

~bove

l'refcribed. which Ihonl" be repeated two or three

tI~es .

The followiog balls a, e tilen

be takeo for fome time,

whieh have beeo fouoJ extrelllely efflcaeious jo removing

o¡'llin~te

eoughs.

'fA

aurum mofaieum, finely powdered, tight ouaces;

myrrh

~od

elieampane, powdmd, each four ounees ;

anoifeeds

an~ b~y· berries,

eaeh

ounce; fa!froo,

half ao ouoce;

m~ke

ioto balls witA oxymel fquills.

The aurnm mof.,icum is m,de of equHI plrtS of quick.

(¡Iver, tio, fll.arllloniac, and folphur. \Ve give this me·

dicin" 's

Ilrcn~ly

reccllllllended by Mr Gibfon; but

bOI~

far the

~urUl1l

mofaieum nlay contribute to. ils eflieaey, may

perhaps jullly

difpute.J: as a fubflilule in ils

r.oom~

therefore, for th,s purpote, we re_onllOcnd the f3mequan–

tilY of powdered fquills, or gum ammolliacum, or equal

pans of caeh.

Drokeo.winded horfes fhould eat fparir,gly of hay,

",hieh as weU as Iheir coro

m~y

be wened wilh cham–

her Iy' or rair water

as Ihis will make Ihem lefs era–

\.j¡\g after water.

The volatile fahs in Ihe urine may ouke it preferable

water, and may be Ihe reafon why J;arlick is fouod 'fo

etlieaeious in thefe cafes ; two or three eloves given at a

lime in a feed, or Ihree ouoees of garliek bruifed, and

boiled io a quan of miJk and

W~ler, ~od

given every

ther morningfor a fonnighl, having been found very fer–

vieeable; for by warmiog and flimulaling the folids, and

diffoJviog the tenaeious juiees, whieh

eh~ak

up the vef·

fels of Ihe Jungs, thefe

com~laints

are greatly relieved.

C<tefuJ feeding, and moderate exereife has greatly

relieved broken·wiaded horfes.

Horfes fenl

grafs in arder to be eured of an oblli–

nate cough, have ofteo reluroed completcly broken–

",inded, where Ihe paflure

h~s

beeo rieh and fucculent,

fa thal Ihey have had their bellies conflaotly fulJ. As

Ihe ill eoofequence therefore is obvions, wbere you have

not the conveniency of turoing out your horfe for a coo–

lIaoey, you may foil him for a month or two with young

greeo barley, lares, or ¡ny otber young herbage.

To purfive thick-wioded horCes, Barbadoes and com–

mon tar have often beeo giveo with fuecefs,

the quan–

lity of two fpoonfuls mixed wilh rhe yelk of an egg, dif–

folved in warm ale, and given fafliog two or three limes

a week, efpeeially Ihofe days you hUn! or travel.

BUI in arder to make allthefe fans of horfes of aoy real

fervice

you, the graod poiO! is

have aparticular re–

gard to their diet, obCerving a jufl ceeonomybOlh in Ihat

and their exercife

giving bu! a moderate quantity of

hay, corn, or water, at a lime, aod moiflening the for–

mer, to prevent their requiring too much of Ihe latter,

and never exereifing them bUI wilh moderalion, as has

beforebeen obferved. The followi ng alteralive ball may

he giveo once

a.fortoi~ht

or Ihree weeks; aod as it ope–

rates very gently, and requires

confinemenl but thoCe

days il is giveo (wheo warmmeal and water are neeef–

fary), il may be cootinued for !WO or thrcemontlls.

Efuccotrine .Iccs lix drams, myrrh, galbanum,

aod ammoniaeuOl, of eaeh two drams; bay·bcrries

half an ouncc: make into a ball with a fpoooful o(

E R Y.

oil of amber, amI a fliflieicnt quantity of fyrup 01

buekthoro.

CONSUMPTION.

N a eonflll11ption proeeeds from a defeél in

horlC's lungs, or

~ny

principal bowcl; thecyes look dull,

Ihe em anHect m

m~fIIyhoti

he cOllghs Iharply by

fill;

fneezes much, and frequeotly groans with il; his fianks

bave a quick motion

he gleels ofreo al the nofe, aod

fomelimes Ihrows out a yellowifh curdled matter, and he

has litlle appelite to hay, but will eat eorn,

~ter

whieh

he geoerally grows hoto

As to the cure, one of the principal things is bleeding

in [mall quanlities (a piot, or

pi~t

and half, from fome

horfes is fuflicieot) whieh fhould be repealed as often as

the breath is more' than ordioarily oppreffcd. Peaorals

may be giveo to palliate prefeo! fymploms, but as

diffeaions have difcovered both the glaods of the lungs

and mefentery

be fweJled, and afIen indurmd, Ibe

whole flrefs lies on mercurial purges, and the following

ponderous alteratives, given inwmediately.

THE nalive cinnabar, or cinnabar of antimany, one

pound, powdered very fioe, and add the fame quan–

tity of gum guaiacum and nilre

give Ihe horfe

ounce of this powder twice a-day, wettiag his

feeds .

The fpring grafs is ofteo ex'tremely fervimble, but

the falt marfhes are to be preferred, aod to be more

depended on rhan medicines; for great alterations are

Ihereby made io Ihe blood and juices, and

[mall be–

DeSt arifes froOl apeo air aod proper exercife.

ApOPLEXV

ST AGGERS, CONVULSIVE Dls–

ORDERS, LETHARGV, ErlLEPSv,

and

PHSY.

aRtE

RS geoeralJy inelude all dillempers of the head

under two denomioations,

lIiz. J1aggm

and

convuljionl;

wherein they ¡Iways fuppofe Ihe head primarily .ffeéled,

BUI in treating ¡hefe diforders, we will dillingUlIh betweeo

thofe Ihat are peculiar

Ihe head, as having their

~ouree

originally theote; and Ihofe that are

~oJy

eo.oeomltaots

of fome other difeafe.

In an apoplexy a horfe drops dowo fuddeoly, witbout

other feofe or motion than a working at his flanks.

The previous fymptoms are, drowfioefs; waleryeyes,

fomewhal full aod inftamed

adifpofition

reel, fee?le–

oefs, abad appetite, the head almo(1 eonllantly hanglOg,

or refling

the maoger; fometimes with litlle

fe–

ver,

~od

fcarce any altera!ion io the duog or urlOo: the

horfe is fometimes difpofed la. rear up, and apt to fal!

back when haodled aboul Ihe head; whieh is ofteo Ihe

cafe with young horfes, to which it does not prove

ud -

denly mortal; but "; Ih

prop~r

help they may [omel101eS

recover. If the apoplexy proeeeds from IVounds, or

blows

Ihe head or maner on Ihe brain; befides the

above fymploms, Ihe horfe will be fraotick by fiu, efpe–

cially after his [eeds, fa as to Ilart and

al e.cry

thing. Thefe caCes feldom admil of a perfea reco.ery,

and when horfes fall down

f~ddenly,

aod work violendy

al their Banks, without any abilily to rire a[ter a pleou·

fui blecding, they feldom recover,

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