Chap. XXV. Of aCOL'D, &c. %7 



The firft thing to be done in a Cold, is to take a pretty 

 larcre Quantity of Blood from the Neck-vein, if the Horle 

 is othehvifein good Cafe, and full of FleOi ; but if he be 

 low and poor, the Lofs of too much Blood may be pre] u- 

 dicial to him : But yet as all Colds, for the moft Part, 

 affea the Lungs more or lefs, Blood ought m the Begia- 

 ning to be drawn away, tho' the Quantity be but fraall ; 

 for here it is necelTary, as in all other Cafes where the Blood 

 is too vifcid, to give it more Room in the VelTeis. 



If he labours and breathes with Difficulty, and at forae 

 •times appears to be in much Pain, he may be Bled a fecond 

 time ; and if his Blood looks of a florid red Colour, and has 

 little or no Serum in it, and the Pain flill continues, after 

 the Space of twelve Hours he may be Bled a third time, to 

 prevent animpoilhumation in his Lungs, or fudden Death ; 

 for it fometimes happens, that Horfes are feiz'd m the Be- 

 ginning of a Cold with a Pleurify, or Peripneumony, whea 

 no one near them knows the Caufe of their Agony. 



After Bleeding, if your Horfe be coftive, as is not uri- 

 common in the Beginning of a Cold, let him have the fol- 

 lowing Clyfter. ^ „ c ^ ^ 



" Take Mallows and Marfh- mallows, ot each three 

 ** handfuls ; Mercury and Pellitory, of each one handful ; 

 *« boil them for the Space of half an Hour in three Quarts 

 *^ of Water, and to the llrained Decotiion add half a 

 *' Pound of Treacle, coarfe Sugar, or Honey, and the 

 *' fame Quantity of Oil or Butter, to be mjedled Blood- 

 *' warm, and repeated as often as needfuL 



If a Lax or Loolenefs happens, it muft not be too loon 

 ilopp'd, far fometimes the Difeafe terminates that Way, el- 

 pecially if he has been furfeited ; but if it continues too long, 

 and caufes fore and painful Gripes, it muft then be treated 

 according to the Method laid down for the Cure of that 

 Kind ofLoofenefs which is accompanied with a Cholick, 

 To recover loft Appetite, which is a Symptom that at- 

 tends every violent Cold, he muft be exerciied every Day 

 " more or lefs, with Cheiving Balls, and kept to very moderate 

 Feeding: The following Anmn may alfo be made Ufe of, 

 which I can promife to be much the beft ot its Kind. 



" Take Honey of Rofes half a Pound, the Inhde of a 

 *^ white Manchetfiiiely crumbled, Cinnamon and Nugmegs 

 *' of each an Ounce, Gallangal, Zedoary, and Calamus 

 *' Aromaticus, of each an Ounce and a half. Let all theie 

 ^ be made into a fine Powder, and incorporated with the 



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