1 1 6 The Farrier J- New Guide. Ch* XXXJ. 



qn r As to the Cure, it is neceflary to confide, 



^ ^'^^^ that altho' the true Method of carry ing ofT 



inflam'd Swellings, is by fufFering them to come to Matu- 

 rity and Ripenefs ; yet when thefe happen updn any Part 

 that may endanger Life, then Nature ought to be fomewhat 

 reftrain'd, as we have obferved in the Beginning of this 

 Treatife. And therefore when you obferve him under vio- 

 lent Pain, you may freely venture to take away fome Blood 

 from his hind Parts, to make a gentle Revulfion. 



After Bleeding, becaufe Horfes are for the moft Part 

 coftive in all fuch AfFedions, he may be kept moderately 

 open with fuch Clyfters as have been directed for the Stran- 

 gles ; and thefe may be repeated once or twice a Day, 

 while the Horfe is in violent Pain. 



And becaufe in all fuch Cafes it is proper to keep the 

 Secretions at Liberty, he ought to have Plenty of warm 

 Water fweeten'd with Liquorice, and fharpen'd with Sal 

 Prunella^ or purify'd Nitre, or Salt-petre^ or the fol- 

 lowing. 



" Take two Ounces of White -wine Tartar, beat it to a 

 *' Powder, and diflbve it in a Quart of warm Water, and 

 *^ diflblve in the fame Liquor half an Ounce of crude Sal 

 *' Armoniack^ and pour it into his Water, which ought 

 *' alfo to have a handful of Oatmeal boiled in it. 



The frequent Ufe of thofe things will promote the Dif- 

 charges by Urine and infeniible Tranfpiration, fo that the 

 Swellings will fooner ripen, not only as there mull by this 

 Means be a leiTer Derivation towards them, but alfo as 

 the Matter will become more attenuated, and fitter for a 

 fpeedy Suppuration. 



Venice Treacle^ or London Treacle^ with the other Me- 

 dicines above prefcrib'd for the Strangles, may alfo be 

 given, obferving the fame Precautions, not only as to In- 

 ternals, but likewife in Externals ; for foftening Poultices 

 are abfolutely neceflary, but thofe of Yeft, and Meals made 

 of common Grain, are apt to draw too violently, and 

 therefore to be rejeded, efpecially while there is already 

 an over- great Inflammation. But thofe which are the bell 

 fitted for the Swellings of the Kernels about the Head and 

 Neck, or fuch as are frequently made of the Pulps of 

 emollient Herbs, as Mallows, Marfh-mallows, Agrimony, 

 Mercury, and the like i the Flowers of Violets, Melilot, 

 ■and Elder, and the Roots of white Lillies, the fat and 

 imdluous Seeds, as Linfeed, Cummin- feeds, and Fenu- 

 greek 3 



