68 THE FARCY. 



This drink must be given in the morning fast- 

 ing, and the horse must eat nothing for two hours 

 after ; let him then have a mash of scalded bran, 

 and oats, and warm water, twice a day ; if he 

 is in good condition take two or three quarts 

 of blood from him ; but if lean, the loss of too 

 much blood will prove injurious. The following 

 diuretic drink must be given after the operation 

 of the physic. 



(RECIPE, No. 43.) 



Diuretic Drink. 



Take — Juniper berries, two ounces ; 

 Brown soap, one ounce; 

 Nitre, half an ounce; 

 Resin, in powder, two ounces; 

 Mix, and give it in a pint of cold ale. 



I wish, before I take leave of this interesting 

 subject, to inform my readers that I have frequently 

 even cured farcy at its commencement by the mer- 

 curial ball (No. 27, p. 58), and the purging and 

 diuretic drink (No. 42, p. 73, and No. 43, p. 74) : 

 they appear to operate by depleting the system, and 

 stimulating these lymphatic vessels to greater 

 activity, by which the poison, from some means or 

 other, becomes eradicated. 



When, however, the wound is perfectly cleansed. 



