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immoderate, or if it be given upon the Stomach, its Ef- 

 feds are for the molt Part very bad ; and he that would 

 give fuch an Horfe much Water to drink, or keep his 

 Rack conftantly full, mud be but a very young Groom : 

 For when the Stomach is full of Hay or Water^ as it lies 

 upon a Level with the Lungs in all fuch Creatures, it is 

 the more apt to prefs forwards upon the Midriff, and 

 hinder the Adion of the Lungs, which cannot but be very 

 iroubleibme in all Cafes where they are any wife detec- 

 tive, as we daily obferve in purfive and broken-winded 

 Horfes. 



As to thofe Horfes who have thick mucilaginous Mat- 

 ter obllruding the Pipes, and whofe Lungs muil alfo be 

 very humid, and, as it were, more relaxed than natural ; 

 albeit the fame Rules are to be obferved in their Oeconomy 

 of Diet and Exercife, as in the former Caie ; and thougii 

 the fame Remedies are alfo very proper, yet becaufe this 

 Diftemper is fometimes m^ore violent by Fits than at other 

 Times, and may therefore require Medicines of more pow- 

 erful Efficacy , befides Bleeding, which is neceilkry when 

 the OpprefHon is upon him, the following Balls may be 

 giv^n him with good Succefs. 



" Take Galbanum and Gum Ammoniacum, of each a 

 " Quarter of a Pound, Burdock-root half a Pound ; firft 

 *' beat them well in a Mortar with two Ounces of the 

 *' Flowers of Benjamin ; then add by Degrees fweet Oil, 

 " until you bring them into a Pafte fit to be made into 

 *' Balls weighing two Ounces each. Let your Horfe have 

 " two of thefe every Day, one in the Morning, and another 

 " in the Afternoon, two Hours before Water, keeping him 

 *' ty'd up to the Rack all that while. 



The following Balls may be alfo given vi^ith good Suc- 

 cefs, and may be eafily procured at ail Times, and almoft 

 in all Places. 



" Take four Heads ofGarlick, an Ounce of Horfe-radifh, 

 " ftamp them in a Mortar j then add an Ounce and an half 

 ** of Flour of Brimftone, and work them into a Mafs 

 *' with as much fweet Oil as is fulficient : Let thefe be 

 *' made into two Balls, one to be taken in the Morning, 

 *' and the other in the Afternoon, as above diredW. 



All the Remedies prefcrib'd in a Cold, are alfo profit- 

 able and ufeful in this Cafe ; and he may have fome- 

 dmes fcalded Barley inltead of Oats ; and nothing will be 

 nore proper than Barley boii'd in his Water with Liquo- 



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