48 The Farrier J New Guide. CftAP. XL 



it cannot but do lingular Service in all Cafe!? where th^ 

 Stomach is weak, and the folid Parts relaxed i and I am 

 of Opinion, had the Virtues of this celebrated Drug been 

 known in the Sieur de Solleyfeirs Time, he had, without 

 doubt, given it a Place in many of his Cures, and would 

 have found its Ufe preferable to that of the Liver of Anti- 

 mony, in molt of the fame Intentions v/here that was found" 

 fuccefsful. 



Now as the moll fimple Preparations of the Bark, for 

 the molt Part, prove more efficacious than thofe that have 

 more Time and Labour beltow'd on them, it may be the 

 better comply'd with ; and therefore if the fick Horfe be 

 ef any Value or Service, and has got fuch a Fever as we are 

 now treating of, take a quarter of a Pound of this Drug 

 made into a fine Powder, and divide it into fix Papers, for 

 fo many Doles. Give one, as foon as the Fit is quite gone 

 off, in any common Liquid that is not purgative ; and let 

 two more be repeated in the fpace of twelve Hours, and a 

 Fourth two Hours before the Return of the next Fit. And 

 if the Fit returns but once in two Days, then the Bark may 

 be repeated in the fame Manner the Day following : But if 

 there is no Return of the Fie at its ufual Time, three or four 

 Dofes more will go nigh to make a Cure. If a Loofenefs 

 happens, it may be given in Diafcordiiun, as the Powder 

 above defcrib'd, until fuch Tim.e as that Symptom goes olF, 

 becaufe during the Loofenefs, the Medicine lofes much of 

 its Efficacy, as alfo if it be given in Time of the Fit. 



And becaufe every thmg is proper in this Cafe, that may 

 any wife contribute to forward the Circulation oi the Blood" 

 in the Capillaries and fmall Vellels, therefore a Chewing 

 Ball ought to be ty'd to his Bitt, for an Hour, or half an 

 Hour every Morning, excepting when the Fit is upon him ; 

 and he will, doubtlefs, recover much the iboner, if he be 

 rid out gently for two Hours every day, there being nothing 

 that contributes more to invigorate the Stomach, and 

 Itrengthen all the folid Parts, than a moderate and conti- 

 nued Ufe of Exercife. 



His Oats fhould be clean and nourilliing ; and though he 

 fliouid have but little Feeding at a Time, yet that fhould be 

 often; and if he has been accultom'd to Bread, the fineft 

 will agree with him, but nothing that is harfli and fcouring. 



Good Rubbing will be of Service to him, efpccially w^hen 

 the Diltemper begins to v-ear off, becaufe that alfo keeps a 

 Horfe in a fort of moderate Exercife ^ but he if he be empty^ 



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