74 TbeVARRUK's New Guide. CH.XXIIf. 



'* they were perfedly found". And afterwards he adds, 

 *' That fome enjoy an Interval of fix Months, others are 

 *' troubled with a Return of the Diftemper once in three 

 *' Months, and fome grow lunatick every two Months.'*' 

 But according to the ftrivfteft Obfervation I have been able 

 to make, this Diltemper feems to bear a near Affinity with 

 that which in Man is called the Epiphora , refembling it 

 both in its Signs, Caufe, and Effects ; only that in Hories 

 it is more fatal to the Sight, becaufe of the prone Pofition 

 of a Horfe's Head, which gives the Humours a ftronger- 

 Tendency towards the Eyes. 



The Caufe ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ Origin, generally fpeaking, 



•^ * from the Want of the common Difcharges 



of the Pores of the Skin, and by Urine ; and from ihofe 

 Things that may occafion a too great Accumulation of the 

 Serum in the Blood, whether they proceed firlt of all from 

 a Cold, or from any other Caufe. 



The Signs are alfo manifeft, for in this Diftemper the 

 Eyes appear hot, fwoln, dark, and troubled with a conti- 

 nual Rheum and Weeping, and according to the lail men- 

 tioned Author, with a feint Yellownefs under the Apple, 

 which, as he rightly obferves, is the fureft Sign, as it mull 

 be the conftant Effedt of exceffive Heat and Moifture in 

 thofe Parts. 



The Cure muft, as to Internals, be chiefly perform'd by 

 Purging Medicines, and fuch as are of the greateft Efficacy 

 to fufe and melt down the ferous Parts of the Blood ; for . 

 Phlebotomy is needlefs, and oftentimes proves hurtful in 

 this Cafe. And therefore if the Horfe be coftive, after you 

 have opened him with a Clyfter or two, let the following 

 Balis be given him. 



" Take of the cleareft (hining Aloes two Ounces, Tur- 

 *' bith Root in fine Powder half an Ounce, Diagridium 

 *' two Drams, Liquorice Powder Four Ounces 3 make 

 them into large Balls with a fufficient Quantity of Frefh 

 Butter. Let thefe be given in Wine, or any other Liquid, 

 to wafh them down ; and for a Change, the following 

 Purge may be fometimes exhibited, viz. 



*' Take Aloes and Jalap in Powder, of each an Ounce 

 " and a half, Cream of Tartar three Ounces, Diagridium 

 *' one Dram". Let this be given in a Quart of White- 

 wine, Ale, or Beer^ without warming it, becaufe if it be . 

 hot, fome of the Ingredients, as the Aloes and Diagridium, 

 and even the Jalap, if it be refinous, will be apt to run into 

 Lumps. But 



