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Take native cinnabar, or cinnabar 

 of antimony finely povv tiered, 

 half a^ pound ; crude antimony 

 in fine powder four ounces ; gam 

 guaicurn also in powder four 

 ounces; make into sixteen doses 

 for eight days. 



" This medicine must be repeat- 

 ed till the horse coats well, and all 

 the symptoms of the surfeit disap- 

 pear. If the horse is of small value, 

 two or three common purges should 

 be given, and half an ounce of anti- 

 mony, with the same quantity of 

 sulphur, twice a day. or the altera- 

 tive balls with camphire and nitre. 

 " If the little scabs on the skin 

 do not peel off, anoint them with 

 the mercurial ointment ; during the 

 time of using wliich, it will be pro- 

 per to keep the horse dry, and to 

 give him warm water. This oint- 

 ment properly rubbed into the 

 blood, witii the assistance of purg- 

 ing physic, has frequently cured 

 these kind of surfeits, without any 

 other assistance. 



"The wet surfeit, which is no 

 more than a moist running scurvy, 

 appears on different parts of the 

 body of a horse, attended some- 

 times with great heat and inflamma- 

 tion: The neck oftentimes swells 

 so in one night's time, that great 

 quantities of a hot briny humour is- 

 sue forth, which, if not allayed, will 

 be apt to collect on the poll or 

 withers, and produce the poll-evil 

 or fistula. This disease also fre- 

 quently attacks the limbs, where it 1 

 proves obstinate, and hard to cure ; I 

 and in some horses shews itself ' 

 spring and fall. j 



'•In this case bleed plentifully, 

 avoid externally all repellers, and i 



give cooling physic twice a week: 

 as, four ounces of lenitive electua- 

 ry, with the same quantity of cream 

 of tartar, with four ounces of glau- 

 ber salts, quickened, if thought pro- 

 per, with two or three drams of 

 powder of jalap, dissolved in water 

 gruel, and given in a morning fast- 

 ing. 



"'After three 6t four of these 

 purges, two ounces of nitre made 

 into a ball with honey, may be 

 given every morning for a fort- 

 night ; and if attended with suc- 

 cess, repeated for a fortnight long- 

 er. 



" The powders above mentioned 

 may also be given with the horse's 

 corn ; or a strong decoction of 

 guaicum shavings, or logvj'ood, may 

 he given alone, to the quantity of 

 two quarts a day. These, and in- 

 deed all alterative nicdicisies, 

 must be continued for a long lime, 

 where the disorder proves obsti- 

 nate. 



" The diet should be cool and 

 opening; and if the horse is hide- 

 bound an ounce of fenugreek seeds 

 should be given in his feeds for a 

 month or longer. And as this dis- 

 order often proceeds from worms, 

 give the mercurial physic too, and 

 afterv/ards the cinnabar powder, as 

 above directed ; but as in general 

 it is not an original disease, but a 

 symptom only of many, in the cure, 

 regard must be had to the first 

 cause ; thus as it is an attendant on 

 fevers, worms, &c. the removal of 

 this complaint must be variously 

 effeeted." Complete Farmer. 



SWAMP, wet sunken land. See 

 the article Bog. 



SWARD, the surface of grass 

 ground. 



