Chap. XXXI. Of the St r angle f. 1 1 3 



help him more efFe6lually than any Thing elfe to expel 

 the Matter, and will not be attended with fuch ill Con- 

 lequences as Fumigation, and the inje6ling of hot Things, 

 or the putting of Feathers up the Nofe ; for by this 

 Means you do not ailiil Nature, but conftrain her, which 

 is no ways agreeable to found Practice. But if the Swel- 

 lings break inwardly, it will be very proper to waih his 

 Mouth fometimes with Red-wine mixed with Honey of 

 Rofcs, for that will keep it clean, and prevent Ulcers j but 

 if the Sores be like to continue, which can only happen 

 when the Horfe is in a bad State of Health, you ms^v 

 diilblve a quarter of an Ounce of crude Sal Armoniack m 

 a Pint of Water, and wafh his Mouth with it once or twice 

 a Day. 



If the Difcharge be plentiful, and the Matter well di- 

 gefted, there will be but little Occafion for After-helps, as 

 Bleeding and Purging : But if any Accident happens, ei- 

 ther from the State of the Body, or from bad Management, 

 I that the Cure feems imperfedl:, and the Horfe does not: 

 I thrive upon it, then Recourfe may be had to Purging : 

 1 For which Purpofe I chiefly recommend the Preparations 

 j of Aloes, becaufe thefe are the more effedual to work upon 

 ! the Blood, and to break it of its Vifcidities. And after 

 i Purging has been three or four Times complied with, one of 

 the following Balls may be given every Day, and continued 

 for fome Time. 



" Take Gentian, Zedoary, and Galangal, of each four 

 " Ounces, Cloves, Nutm.egs, and Cinnamon, of each half 

 " an Ounce, Pvlyrrh fix Ounces, calcin'd Hartfhorn half a 

 *' Pound.'* Let all thefe be made into a fine Powder, and 

 incorporated together with Gum Arabick dilTolved in Wa- 

 ter, and made into Balls weighing two Ounces each. 



But if your Horfe be of fmall Value, the following may 

 be given, which perhaps will anfwer the End, and be little 

 inferior to the other. 

 " Take the Powders of Gentian and Galangal oi each 

 fix Ounces, Antimony finely prepar'd eight Ounce3,Law- 

 rel-berries, Coriander and Caraway- feeds in Powder, of 

 each an Ounce, the Powder of calcin'd Hartfhorn ten 

 Ounces. Let thefe be made into Balls weighing two 

 Ounces, as the former; one of v^^hich may be given 

 every Day for the Space of a whole Month, and they 

 will contribute very much to redtifv your HoilVs Con- 

 Q ' " i\itution. 



