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",ill form it ioto • ball;

~ive

~very

moroiog f.lliog fo,

amonth; o,il

m~y

be glvcn

firll for a fOlloighl ooly,

iote,nlltling a fonoight . aod Iheo ' Cpeal it. If it be ob·

{cr¡cd Ihn Ihe horre Ihews ao uoe.fioefs al Ihe Ilomaeh

arler

l~k\Og

il, a horn o, IWO of any liquo, /hould be

givcn

afl~r

11, o, it may be

d¡{r.llv~d

al r,rll 10 hls waler,

or mixed with his coro ; though the ball, where it agrces,

the caliell Olcthod uf giviog.

Whco horfes take drioks wilh great ,efuélaoee, pow.

ders Olull be giveo in Iheir feeds; thus erude aotimooy,

or lim of antimooy finely powdercd, may be gioeo to

Ihe quantity of half an ouoce, oight and morniog; but

jo all (urfeits, gUIll guaiaeum mixed with aotimony is

fouod more ellie.eious. TiluJ,

TAKE of erude .ntimooy finel)' powdered, or, where

it can be aITolded, ciooabar of anlimooy, and gum

guaiaeuOl, of eaeh a puuod : mix togcther with ao

oily pcllle to preveol

th~

gum's caking: divide the

",hole ioto thiny.two dous,

uiz.

ao ouoce

e.eh

doze; lel ooe be given every day in the eveoing

feed.

T AH

of eiooabar of aotimooy, gum guaiaeum, aod

Callile or Veoice {oap, of eaeh half a pouod , falt

of tartar four

ouoc~s;

beat Ihem up iuto a mafs,

aod give ao ouoee every day. To Ihe(e may be ad·

d~d

very advaolageoufly, ao ounee .od ao half of

carlphnr.

JElhiops mioeral giveo lOthequamityof hal( aoouoee

a·day, is a

v~'y

good (weeteoer aod eorreétor of the

blood aod juices; bUI it has beeo obferved, a(ter having

b~eo tak~o

we~k

or teodays, to

m.ke

(ome horres Ilab

ber, aod uoable to ehew their hay .od om; aod the

{ame (ymptoms have arofe,

wher~

ooly tu'o drams o(

crude mmury has been given, aod contioued aboul lhe

C.me

fpaee of lime.

Dir/ Drinh.-t.

deeoétioo of logwood, prepmd

Jike lhal of ,&uaidCum, is alfo (ueeefsfully given in (ur·

{eilS.

Lime.water,p,epared with /haviogs offaIT.pharas aod

liquoriee, is agood diel·dnuk, tO(wemo aod eorreét a

horfe's blood

and may be given with the nitre balls fo,

lhat purpofe.

3.TAr·water alfo, as has before beco hinted, mayio ma·

caf~s

be well worth trial: but let it be

r~membered,

Ihat

.11

m~dicioes

of Ihis kiod /hould becootinued acoDú,

derable lime iD obflioate cafes.

ROWHLING.

ER E

feem. to he 00 rrmedy fo much made ufe of,

and

fo lude uode,fiood by fmien io gen ral, as rowels ;

for which r"fon we /hall encle.vou r tO fel Ihe whole af·

fair io a clearer Iight, ttuo hitherto it has

.ppw~d

io.

We /h,1I

b~gin

lheo by Jefcribiog rowdllOg, which i,

' oartificial veot

m.de

b~lweeo ,h~

O(io and fle/h, io oro

de, to uoload aod empty

th~

veITds io

geo~,al,

.nu thele·

by relieve particular pJrts, when tuO much opprdl'cd by

fulo~fs

r~dund.ncy.

The

g~oml

and abfu,,'

re~foniog

of fm im 00 Ihe

./Teds .odufe of lowdliog, io

f~me

me (u,e m.kes this

fellion lhe more neC(IT,¡,y, as il is t o nOlUtious holV

impertineody lhey talk 00 ,llis fuhjeét: fo, io OlOn, with

Ihem , a rowd i, 10draw oIT

,11

the b,d dod corrupl hu.

mours from tbe blood by a (Ort of m_gic.

. lt

is neceO'HY 'o ob(crvc, lhal lhe mmer geomlly

dl(charged by • rowel, is oOlhiog more tllanAO ouzing–

{10m lhe eXlremities of lhe vcITels divideJ io the making

of il ; in fda Iheo, il is blood, which 10f,s its colour;

by beiog /hed out of the veITds, lhe warUllh of the palt,

aod its coofinement.

If this is granted, it will erideody appear, Ihat lhe

good eITeéts enfuior. Ihis operatioo, mull be owiog tO

gradual depletion or emptyiog of Ihe veITds io geoeral;

by IVhich

me.os

the (u<charge or load on a panicular

pan,

is taken oIT and removed, aod impurities o, bad

juim (generall y called bumom) ruo oIT Wilh

th~

good

in proponion tOlheir quaolily in the blood.

Thus, tO leao hidi!· bouod horfe" and

Ihof~

of a d,y

hOl conllilulioo.

th~

difcharge, by depriving the conlli–

tUtiODof (o much blood and Ouids, is daily exhaull ing

Ihe Ilrenglh of lhe animal; aod may be produétivc of

bad eon(cquences, by defraudiog

th~

coollilUlioo of a oe–

ceITary fluid.

BUl io difo,dm f,om {uloefs, attended

with

acrimooy,

o, /harpoe(s of the juices, and with dcfluxions on the

~yes,

luogs, or aoy par! of con(equeoee; the gradlUl

difeharge, broughl on by lh& means , will contribule lO

leITeo lhe fuloe(s 00 lhe

pans

aITelled, aod give the vef·

(eh ao opponuoity of, reco<e,ing their IMe, while eva–

cuatiog aod alteralive medICines are doiog lheir oflice.

It may be oecelTary, howeve" to obferve, Ihal lhere'

is a wooderful communicalion belwccn Ihe "eITds of Ihe.

cellular mcmbrane uode, lhe lkio, which remarkahly ap'

pears, by ioflaliog lhofe of /heep, calves,

by the

bUlchers; heoee probablyil i, thal (ome diforders of lhis

integument,

ar~

(o appmndy

relicv~d

by iITues, or row–

~Is,

withOlll our haviog aoy recou,(e lOlhat genera l

de·

plelioo of the ve(fels, \Ve have jull obfe,ved, to accouot·

for it; aod henee alfo maybe deducedlheir ulilily, fome–

limes io draioing oIT aoy extrava(md fluids, wbich may

lodg~

betweeo the Inle,fiices of

lh~

mufcles, after

viol~nr

firaios of lhe O,oulder; alfo in difcharging fuch vitious

or /harp fluids as are Ih,owo00 lhe membraoes, aod oe–

cafiuo thofe Oyiog pajos and lal)leoelTes, whieh we nnd

are ofleo removed by this local remedy,

STRAINS

VUIOU S PAu so

is neceITary 10 obfw'e, Ihal io all Ilrains, tbemnf·

eular or ttoJinous fibrc! are

ovc,firelch~d;

aod fome·

limes ruptllrcd, or

brok~.

To form thcrerore a !rue

idea of the{e difonlm, let us firll confider evtry mufcle

aod teodoo as compo{,d of (priogy c1dllic fib,es, which

have

proper power 01 Iheir OIVO to coolratl aoJ

~xteod

Ib~mfelves

or, tOmake lheir aétion more familiar. let

us compare thcm 10 a piece of ea¡glll, Ihal

IV~

may

lhe

bCtter jlldge with II'hal

prop,i~ly

oily

medi,in~s

are

dir<ét:

ed for their cure.

hlls Iheo, if bya \iuleot exteofioo

thi3 Wgul, yOll had (u omllretehcd it as 10

d~firoy

il!

fpringintf! o, clallicitv, aod WJS inclined tO",o,'er its

1011 tone; would you for thal pttrpofc thiok of (uakiog il

in oil !

And

nOI lbe

'Iltod uf uealiog

llr~ins,

ov~r-

llr.tche·j