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566 F A n n
\Ve /hall hcre .ake nOlice or wh.t is callcd Ihe water·
~.,~y , wlllch no , d~llIbl.,nce lo a true f"ey, .ilher
In Hs caufe, lymplOms, or dTc,qs, bllt lus only ob" ineu
Ihis Damc theough cllll,,", anu 'gnomnee.
This water f<rcy then is ur til'O kinds ; one the pro·
dllé\ ur a fcverilh dilp~fition . terlllinaling on the /k,n, as
oflen happens 'n epidenlle.1colds ; Ihe other is droplieal,
whrre tbe \Vater is not confined tO thc beJly and I,mbs
but OleIVS idi:lr in feveraI pa", al' the body by fof;
f~ell,ngs yidding tO tbe pre/Ture al' tbe fi ngcr. ThlS laft
~,nd y proeeeds Irom 1'0111 feeding, ur from Ihe I. t·
w graes and fog, that oftco comes IIp in g,<at plcnty
wllh coollnued Cllld r"ins, and brecds a Ouggtlh v,ec,d
blood. lo tite former cafc, \Ve have eeen the IlIrobs and
whole body enormouOy fIVcll.,rl, aod very nard, the bel·
Iy aDd greatl ydiltended; IVhteh IVere as I,trp"fing'
Iy red~tc~d 'n fou r and tIVenty hours, by O'ght eca" ficati
ons wllnlO fide the leg ar.d tlllgh, IVllh a Iharp pell kniee,
thrce or (our Orokes on the /ktn o( the bdly on each
Itde the /he;tth ; (rom thefe fcarifiw ions there was. con·
/Ia?t and fllrp" ling I. rge dripping o( water, wh,eh foon
relteved the horfe; when a lew purges eompl..ttd his
reeovery.
lo the other (peeies al' dropfy the eurative i, tentions
are tOdtfeharge the IVater, reeover lite eralis or Orength
of the blood, and braee up Ihe relaxen fibres Ihroughout
Ibe whole body. To this end, purge once '.IVeek or leo
days; and give intermedimly tither 01' Ihe (ollowing.
T AK E b!aek hdltbore (, ./h gathered, two pounus ;
walh, brui(e, and boil in fix q ~ms 0'- w.ter, to
four ; and Ihen firalO out the liquor, and put tlVO
quarts ?f whtte IVlOe 00 Ihe remaintng hellebore,
and b tt tnfufe lVum forty.eight hours ; Iheo Orain
o/f, mlx both togelher, and give Ihe horfe a pint
night and morning.
TA KE nitre IWO ounees, equills pOlVdered three d"ms
or hall' ~n ounee, camphor one dram, honey enough
10 form tnlO a b. lI, 10 be given once a·day alone. or
wa/hed dOlVn wilh . horn or tIVO ,,1' Ihe above drink .
Before we elole Ihis feélion, il is proper to I.y
dolVo the eymploms o( an lOeurable (arcy, th" Ihe oIVn.
etS o( fueh horre~ m.y (ave Ihemfelves unneee/Tary ex.
penee and " ouble10 Ihm rndeavou rs !O oblain a cure.
\Vhena fuey, by improper appliwions, or by negleél,
h.s fpClad , nd ,ncreaeed, or al'ter long cominllanee ,<fill.
Id the medte,nes ~bove reeommcnded; tr (ren, buds are
eonllnu.lly fproullllg forrh, wh"e Ihe old ones remain
foul and ill .eondttioned; if Ihey rife on the fpines or the
baek and lo,ns; tI' Ihe horfe grows hide bound. and runs
~t the nOle! 11' abfee/Tes are formed in Ihe neOty p" ts
be,~een Ihe ,oterO,ees ?r the Iarge mufcles; ir his eyes
look dead and I,fele(s; ,( he 1'0' f"es his foou, ami (eollrs
orlen, and 11Is excrements appear thin and o( a blackiOt
~olour ; ,1' Ihe or thlgh vein eOOlinues large and
chorded arler finng, and other proper aprlieations: th,fe
fymploms deDut: Ihe dillemper 10 have penetrated tnter.
nally, .and ~h~1 tt IVdl degenerale into an ineur. ble eon–
fumpt~on: tt ,~moll prob,ble .11'0, th.t Ihe whole mafs
of flutds are talOted, and become irrtolediable by arto
E R Y.
01 ALTE P. AT'VE MEDICt NE!.
By , lteralivcs, or alrcring medici nes. are 10 be under.
fiood fucJ~ as, Itaving noI1nmediate fcnfibleoperalioo, gra–
dually ga,? upon the eonllitulion, by changing Ihe hu.
mo~,,: or Ju,ee: (roma lIale 01' d,Oempcraturc 10 health.
Thts tmentloo tn fome ea(es may perhap! he e/feéled by
eorreéllng Ihe aenmony 01' Ihe Juiees, and aeeelcrating
the b!ooJ's mOI!on; ano in mhcrs by attenuating. or
breaklOg ttS partides, and dividing Ihofe eohefions wltich
obOrltél Ihe capill.,.ies or fi~er v./Tels; and (o promole
thL' due fcerCltons or Ihe Vaftousfluids. It is cm atOIh"
many have but an inddracnt opioion 01' a medielOe' Ihlt
does not ope,",e externally, and gratify Ihw fenl" lI ilh
a q'''ntll Yof im. giocd hl1mours ejcéled (rom Ihe bod. :
bU I let fuch people remembcr, Ihat there are gou" hu.
mou rs as well as bad, whieh are throlVn o/T IOgether'
Ihat no. evocualing med,cine has a power o( (~hqlOg, o;
feparatt· g the ban from Ihe good; anu coofeql1cody Iha!
tl~cy are Ih r~lVn OU I only in. a proponionale q,.ntity.
1 hefe relV h~nts may be fulli etent 10 eon"nee Ihe judiei.
ous reader nI Ihe greal advaolages ari/ing from altera.
I1Vts, and lhe preterenee due to Ihem in moOcafes Ol',r
putgali,u; lInle(s it eou ld be proved, as almdy meOlinn.
ed , Ihat Ihe latter eould euH OUI anJ feparale fromIhe
blood .Ihe bad. humou rs folely, leaving Ihe good b.hinJ ;
but. thlS felelbve pOIVer has long becn jullly cxploded ¡!
nd,culolls and uneenain, r,nee il is pla,n, that all kinds
of pllrging med,eines di!fer only in degree 01' Ilrenglh,
aod operale no olherwi(e upon difreceot humou" Ihloas
they Ilimulm more or le(s.
We 0..11 therefore lake thi! opportunity of reeom–
mend,ng fome alterative medicines, whieh are nOI foge·
oerally kno"n as they ollght 10 be; and thal 10000 lhe
furefi grounds, a properexperienee of Iheirgood dfréls in
repemd trials. The tidl Ihen is nitre o, purifitd fah·
pme, whieh has long been in great eOeeOl, aod rerl>3pS
tS more 10 be depended on in all inflammalOry fel'm than
any olher medicine wh. tever: but befides tltis eXleofire
power o( allaying inflalllm.llory diforders, it is nol' o/fer·
ed as a rellltdy, laken in proper quanlilies, as an ahe·
ratlve for [¡Hfeits, molten'grea(e, luoe· bound, &"af,.
heeh, tic. And as it has becn kno"'o to (umed eren in
the cure of the farey, what othcr dillempcrs io horfes,
arifing from viliated fluid" mayi l oot be tried on, "ith a
f1 rong probnbililYor (ueeds! This great .dvaologe lIill
arife from Ihe ufe 01' Ihis medicine 01'Cf moll olh""
Ih,t, as iiS oplfalion is ehiefly by uri oe, il requ:res nO
eonfinemcnt or c1oathing ; but Ihe horre md)' be \\'orke.J
Oloderately Ihrollghout Ihe whole eour(e. l'his me,h·
ci ne has been fOllnd eq ually e/lieaeiall! (by man)' trial!
In one of ou r hofp",ls) i" COlfCéllOg Ihe aCrt~'ooy
01' Ihe juieC5, and dtlpofing Ihe 01011 obO,nal1! .nJ ,",'e–
term fores 10 heal up . and heoee prob.tbly it Cl./lte re–
commended as an aherlti"e 10 our hod,'s.
T he quanlily 01' nitre given at a lime !holll,1be (rom
1\\0 to three ounees a.d.)'; kl it be tinel)' pOIVJercd. ano
titen ,oix IVith it by linle at a linte as mueh hone)" "~ ill