1 30 The FarrierV New Guide. Ch. XXXVI. 



tention muft be to deftroy the Caufe of the Diftemper, 

 Otherwife it may return again. 



Wherefore we recommend gentle Purging, with the Ufe 

 of fuch Things as are hot and penetrating ; and this we do 

 contrary to the Opinion, tho' not altogether to the Pradice 

 of mod Farriers, who believe Coilivenels to proceed from 

 inward Heat ; whereas the Heat is only the EfFed of Cof- 

 tivenefs, and not the Caufe, as is eafily demonftrated, and 

 is occafioned chiefly from a cold, phlegmatick, tough 

 Matter in the Stomach and Guts, which binds up the Ex- 

 crements, which, when the Guts are full and prefs'd upon, 

 caufe Heat ; therefore as all hot fpicy things are proper to 

 cut and deftroy thofe Vifcidities which caufe the heritor^ 

 and harbour Wind, they ought more or lefs to be exhibited 

 in all Intentions that are requilite to the Cure of Coftive- 

 nefs. The following Purge may, for that Reafon, be 

 given, and will be found very profitable, after the Violence 

 of the Cholick Pains are over, and the obftinate Stoppages 

 of the Bowels are removed. 



" Take Mallows and Marfii-mallows of each one hand- 

 *' ful, Roots of Marfh- mallows fix Ounces, Leaves of Sena 

 *' two Ounces, Bay- berries and Juniper- berries, of each 

 *' an Ounce. Boil them in three Pints of Water to a Quart. 

 *' ftrain out the Decodion thro' a Sieve or coarfe Cloth 

 •' and add two Ounces of Syrup of Buckthorn. Or this 



" Take Mallows and Marfh-mallows of each two hand- 

 *' fulls, Sena one Ounce, Jalap in grofs Powder half atj 

 *' Ounce, Carra way- feeds of either an Ounce and a half 

 *' Boil them in the fame Quantity of Water as above di 

 " reded, to the Confumption of a third Part ; and in tb 

 ^' ftrained Decodion diliblve four Ounces of Manna. G 

 the following. ^ 



" Take ei-^ht Ounces of Manna, two Ounces of Crean 

 *' of Tartar, diflblve them in a Quart of fweet Whey, am 

 *' add eight Ounces of the Oil of Olives. 



Either of ihefe may be made ufe of after Clyfters havf 

 been injeded, theHorfe being kept from feeding two Houi 

 before, and two Hours thereafter. He may then be walk'^ 

 abroad for the Space of an Hour; and upon his Return, l 

 would not at all beamifs, if there was Tripe- Broth prepai 

 red for him, ftrew'd with Oatmeal ; and if he feems uni 

 willing to drink them, he may have two or three Quarl 

 adminifterM thro' a Horn, and the fame Quantity repeats 

 two Hours thereafter. 



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