72! SURFEITS AND HIDEBOUND. 



Some horses that are surfeited have no eruption 

 on the skin, but are heavy, dull, and indolent, lean 

 and hidebound, with a staring coat, and unhealthy 

 look. In this sort of surfeits the following drink 

 is an effectual remedy. 



(RECIPE, No. 46.) 



Surfeit Drink. 



Take — Caraway seeds, aniseeds, Fenugreek seeds, gen- 

 tian root, of each one ounce, all in fresh 

 powder ; 

 Mithridate, half an ounce. 



Let this drink be given in a pint and a half of 

 warm ale, in the morning, fasting {no drinks 

 should be boiled that have in them elthet^ seeds or 

 roots containing an essential oil), and let him eat 

 nothing for two hours after ; then give him a mash 

 of bran and oats. The drink may be repeated 

 every other day, or every third day, or oftener, as 

 the case may require ; taking care to give him at 

 least two mashes, and warm water, each day, 

 during the time of giving the drinks. 



What is understood by the name of Wet Sur- 

 feit, is nothing more than a moist running scurvy, 

 which appears on different parts of the body, with 

 great heat and inflammation ; the neck, or the 



