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walk, hé is rudy to f.:1 al

ev~ry

!lep, unlef,

be .care–

fuJly Cupported

his eyes are lo fixed with the Inafhon of

:Ihe muldes, as give him a deadneC,

1ft

hls. looks

{Qom and Cncezes orten, pants continually wllh Ihortners

of breath

and this CymplOm increares

cootin~ally

till

he drops down dead

which generally happens

a few

~ays,

unleCs Come Cuddeo and very e!feaual turo can be

.given lO the dillemper.

In al\' thefe caCes the horre Ihould firll be bled pleoti–

tuUy, unlers he is low io fielh, old, or lately come .off

any hard continued duty, then you mull be more fparmg

of his blood

afterwards give the following ball.

alfa fretida half an ounce, Ruma callor powder.

ed two drams, valerian root powdered one.ounce

m~ke

into a ball with honey and oil of amber.

This ball may be given twice a.day at firll

aod then

once, walhed down with a decoaion of mifieloe 01' vale–

tian fwemned'with liquorite 01' honey: an ounce of alfa

{retida may be tied up in a piece of Ilrong coarre liotn

rag,

and put hehind his grinders 10 champ on.

The laxative purges and emollienl glyllm Ihould be

giveo intennediately tO keep the body open

but when the

former balls have betn taken a week or ten days, the fol–

lowiog may be given nnce a-day with !he valerian de·

-eoélion.

T.u

cinnabar of antimony Gx drams, alfa fa:lida

half an ounce, arillolochia myrrhand bayoberries of

each Iwo drams; mue iDto

ball with treacle and

oil of amber.

This is the moll e!feaual melhod of treatiDg theCe dif–

oo"¡ers

but when they are fuCpeaed tO arife from bots,

.:iod worms, wbich i. generally tbe cafe, mercurial medi–

cioe. molllead the way, thus:

Tus' mercurius dulcis and pnilooium

each half

an .ounee

make ioto a ball wi!h conferve of roCes,

and give (he horre im':lediatelYi half the quantity

may be repeated in follr or five days.

Th~

followiog iofuGon filOUld ·theo be

gi~en,

to Ihe

c¡uaotity of lhree or four horol, ¡hree or fon! tlme9 a,

~ay,

lill the fymptoms abate i when the above nmous

~alls

may be conlinued till they are temoved.

In mis cafe

:alCo ' ~e

mull be

fup~oritd

bY·.DMílbiog

glyOers, made of mdk.pouage, broths,

be.

which mull

be given to the quantity of three or four quarts a-day •

glyllers of this kind wil! be retaioed, and abforbed iot¿

the blood

and there I¡ave beco iollaoced of horres thul

fupported for !hree weeks together, who mull o¡herwife

have perilhed.

MI'

GibCon mentians fome extraordinary inllantel of

fuecefs in caCes of this fort by thefe methods, and repeal–

ed fnalOns, whlch are extrcmely ferviceable in al! con.

vulfive diforders, and often preveot their being jaw.ftt.

they 'lhould be applied with unwearied diligenco .every

two or three hours, where ever .any lliffners or contrae–

tions in the mufcles appear

for

horfe io this coodition

Dever lies down til! Ihey are in fome meafure removed.

The uCe of rowels in thefe caCes is generál1y unfuccefs.

.fui, the fi¡jn being

tenre aDd tight, Ihat Ihey feldolll

digell kindly, and fometimes mortify

ro that if they.art

apphed, they Ihlluld be put

uod~r

the j.lWS, and io tln:

breall.

The red-hot iron

frequently ruo Ihmugh the fore.

tOP and mane, near the occipital bODe, for Ihis purpofe,

has ofteo beeo found to have detlroycd !he cervical liga.

mento

In paralytic diCorden, where the ure of a limb or

limm

is taken away, the internals above recomlllended thoultl

be given, io order to warm,

iovigór~te,

aod attenuate the

hlood ; and the fol1owing.llimulating eníbrocatioo thould

be rubbed ioto the parts affe(ted.

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oil of turpentine four ounees,

~rve-

oíDlment

and oil of bays of each two ouoees, camphor rubo

bed fine one ounce, retlified oil of amber. !hree

Iluocel, tinaure of caritharides one oance.

With this linimeO! the parll a!feaed fuoóld

well

bathed for a confiderable time, 10 O1a1.e it peDctrate

and

when the hind part! chiefiy lre lame-, tbe back and loios

Jbould be well rubbed with the fame. To the nervous

tnediciDu aoove

recommeode~,

may be added fnake·

root, contrayerva, mullard·feed, hotfe·raddilh root Ileep:

ed io Ilrong beer, or wine where it can'be afforded. Take

!he following for' aneKample, which may be giveo lo the

peony.royal and rue of each two large h:lndfuls,

chamomile flowers ooe handful, al!'a fretida and ca–

Ilor'of eaeh half an ounce, fa/fron aod liquorice–

rool /liced of each tWO drains i infaCe ih two quarts

of boiling water i pour oil'from !he ingredierus

waoted.

1juQntity of three p/nts a-day alone, al IWOhorns full

may be taken after tht nervuus balls.

TUE fnake·root, contrayerv;¡, .aod valeriao, of eacb

half

ounce i mullard·feed Qod horfe-raddilh rOOI

ftraped,

each

t\Vd

ouoces

long pepper IWO drams,:

infufe io three pints of firong wice.

Ihe callor is omitted, add an ounce of a{fa frecida.

The fol1owing ointmen! maybetrtbbed into the cheeks,

temples, neck, Ihoulders, fpines of Ihe back and Idins,

aod w.here·em tbere is the greatell contratlions aod Iliff.

lIefs.

nene and marlhmal10w ointmenl of each foul

ounees, oil of amber two ounces, wilh a fuffi cient

quantity of camphorate Cpirit of wine

make a lini-

nI.

When Ihe jaws are fo locked up thal medicines can·

1101 be given

the mouth. it is more cligible

give

them by way of glyfler i for forcing open the jaws by

-violence often

pUII

a hOffe ioto fu ch agonie!, that Ihe

fylllptoms are thmby iomafed.

When the horre'is recovering from any of the above

¿irorders, the following alterative purge may

repeated

two 01' Ihree times, as it operares very gently.

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(uccolrine aloes (loe onDce, myrrh half an

ounce, a{fa fretida a.d gum arnmoniacum of

eam

two

drams, Ca!fron ooe. dram

make iato aball with

any Cyrup.

Where a retention of dung is the caufe of this Mor·

der, the great gut Ihould

fi,f1

be raked thoroughly with

fmall hand, after which plenty of cmollient oily glylfm

filOuld be thrown up, and Ihe opening drink gi,eo, till

Ihe bowels are thoroughly emptied of their impriConed

dunE.. Their diet Ihould for fome days be openiag,

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