2i6 PLEURISY, &c, 



ficiently point out the propriety and confiftency 

 of exerting all poffible alacrity to obtain relief* 

 or counteradl the difeafe in 'Msfir/ljiage-^ there- 

 fore let the fumigation of fcalded bran and 

 hay be repeated every four or five hours, and 

 the following decodion prepared without delay : 



Take pearl barley, raifins fplit, and Turkey 

 figs diced, each fix ounces; 



Stick liquorice bruifed, two ounces ; 



Boil in a gallon of water till reduced to three 

 quarts; ftrain off; and, while hot, ftir in one 

 pound of honey, and, when cold, a pint of 

 difiilled vinegar ; giving an ounce of nitre in 

 a pint of this decodion every four, five, or 

 fix hours, according to the ftate and inveteracy 

 of difeafe. 



If relief is not obtained fo foon as expedled, 

 and the horfe is coflive, give a glyfter, with 



Two quarts of common gruel j 

 Coarfe fugar fix ounces ; 

 Glauber falts four ounces ; 

 Tincture of jalap two ounces ; 

 And a quarter of a pint of olive oil. 

 This muft be repeated in twenty-four hours, or 

 oftner, if neceiTary. 



Should 



