1 8 7he FarrierV Mew Guide. Chap. VllL 



" Take of the diftill'd Waters of Carduus, Scabious, 

 <^' and Marigolds, three Pints ; or inftead of them, the fame 

 *' Quantity of Milk-water, which may be had of an Apo- 

 *' thecary^ and will anfwer the End as v/ell ; difiblve in it 

 *' an Ounce of Mithridate, and give it in a Horn, after 

 *' which let him be well cloath*d ; and when he begins 

 *' to fweat plentifully, let him have a Draught of warm 

 «« Water, with a fmall Mixture of White- wine in it". '■' 



During the whole Courfe of the Fever, a Horfe ought 

 to be well rubb'd, that the Paflages of Perfpiration may 

 be kept as free and open as poflible ; and that the Blood, 

 •which is apt to languifh in the fmall Veflels towards the 

 Skin, may be forwarded. Care ought alfo to be taken of 

 his Mouth, to keep it clean and moifc, according to the 

 Method already laid down. 



And becaufe a Horfe cannot vomit by convulfive Throws, 

 as fome other Animals, yet as Vomidng is proper, not only 

 in this, but in moll or all complicated Fevers, thofe Helps 

 "which the Pradlice of experienced Farriers have fubftitu- 

 ted may be made Ufe of ; and therefore half an Ounce of 

 Jffa Fcetida^ and the fame Quantity of Savin, put up in a 

 Rag, may be tied to his Bit, Polipody of the Oak, green 

 Juniper- wood, Horfe-radifh, or anything elfe that is of a 

 hot and ungrateful Tafte, faliened to his Bit, will have 

 the fame Effe6l. This may be done for the Space of an 

 Hour once a Day, efpecially in the Beginning of the Fever, 

 "Which will anfwer fome of the Intentions of Vomiting. For 

 by {training to cough, vomit, and fneeze, v^'hich happens 

 on the Ufe of fuch Things, the whole Body is aduated 

 and (hook, and thereby a great deal of Lentor may un- 

 doubtedly be fqueez'd through the fmalleft Vellels, which 

 cannot but be a great Relief, and may often bring the Dif- 

 'cafe to a rnore fpeedy Solution. But altho' chev/ing Balls, 

 '^V. may be thus ufe ful in a Fever, where there is a Lentor 

 "and Slownefs of the Blood in the fmall Arteries^ yet they 

 cannot be proper in a fimple and legitimate Fever, notwith- 

 ftanding they have the Authority of SoUeyfsll to fupport 

 their Ufe : Becaufe fuch ftraining may have a Tendency 

 to flir the Blood too much, which is luppofed to be in an 

 over-great Hurry already. 



Lajlly, If ihe Fever ends with a Defluxion of Rheun^ 



from the Mouth and Nofe, as is not very uncommon in 



'fuch Cafes ; " Boil a Handful of Red-rofe Leaves in a 



?' Quart of Water s and when thp Decodtion begins tq 



;,. '^ cool, 



