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" The cure must be begun by 

 bleeding, and that needs not be 

 very sparing : for this disease sel- 

 dom happens to horses that are 

 poor and low. And here we also 

 approve of sticking one or other 

 of the veins in the hind parts, to 

 snake revulsion. 



" After bleeding, the following 

 clyster may be given : 



" Take two handfuls of barley, 

 two ounces of sal polychrest, re- 

 duced to fine powder : boil them 

 in two quarts of water for a quar- 

 ter of an hour : add to the decoc- 

 tion a pint of wine, four ounces of 

 fresh butter, and two ounces of 

 oil of rue. Let this be given 

 bloodwarm, and repeated twice a 

 day, or ofteuer. 



" If he takes to food, nothing 

 must be given him but moistened 

 hay, and scalded bran ; or what- 

 ever else must be chiefly such 

 things as are proper to keep down 

 the heat and inflammation, and 

 abate the feverish symptoms; for 

 which purpose we recommend, 

 after blooding, those things that are 

 proper to promote sweat. There- 

 fore, let the following drench be 

 prepared for him : 



" Take treacle water and car- 

 duus water, of each one pint; dis- 

 solve in these two ounces of Ve- 

 nice treacle : and after this has 

 been given, clothe him well, and 

 give him a little warm water to 

 drink. Instead of the treacle and 

 carduus water, a pint of stale 

 beer, mixed with small beer, may 

 be used. Nothing is so effectual 

 to remove inflammation, especial- 

 ly after bleeding, as sweating : 

 therefore, if you find it difficult to 

 promote sweat, you may give the 

 following ball > 



" Take old Venice treacle two 

 ounces, volatile salt of hartshorn 

 fifteen grains, Mathews' pill one 

 drachm, camphor in powder six 

 grains, powder of liquorice, or 

 sassafras in powder, as. much as is 

 sufticient to make it into a paste. 

 Let this be given after the opera- 

 tion of the clyster is over. 



'- If the symptoms begin to abate, 

 you may venture to give your 

 horse a gentle purge. 



" If the swelling appears out- 

 wards, and if the other symptoms 

 abate, you may leave off purging: 

 for what is intended by that eva- 

 cuation, is chiefly to disperse the 

 inward disorder. Next, you are 

 only to apply ripening cataplasms, 

 allowing him sal prunellse, nitre, 

 or the sal polychrestum, dissolv- 

 ed in his drink. 



" Cow's dung alone, applied 

 warm to the part, with lard or oint- 

 ment of marsh mallows, may be 

 suflicient to bring the swelling to 

 maturity. 



" When the matter seems ready 

 for a discharge, it may be opened 

 in the dependent lowermost part, 

 by the application of a hot iron ; 

 afterwards keeping a dossel in the 

 mouth of the wound till the run- 

 ning abates ; and applying com- 

 presses and convenient bandage to 

 keep the elevated skin close to the 

 flesh, that it may be the sooner 

 united. But if the cavity of the 

 imposthumation be large, it will 

 not be amiss to lay it open an inch 

 or more. 



" The cure may be finished with 

 applying only the unguentum ba- 

 silicum ; or a digestive made with 

 turpentine, the yolks of eggs, or 

 honey, with a moderate mixture 

 of brandy, or spirit of wine. And 



