iieThe ParrierV New Guide, Ch.XXXVII. 



be then tindlur'd with a yellowiili Colour, and if there hap- 

 pens to be a very great quantity of the Gall difcharg'd with 

 the Excrements, whatever is voided from the fundament, 

 nuif> of confcquence be of a deep reddifn Colour, and is 

 th'^ f.vme which the above-mentioned Author terms the red 

 Gnpes, which conftitutes his fixth Kind of Cholick. 



La/fly^ A Lax or Securing fometlmes happens from vifcous 

 fiimy Matter hindringthe Chyle from entring into the ladteal 

 or milky Vefleis, and in this cafe the Excrem.entsare ufually 

 of a pale light Complexion, as they confiil chiefly oWhyli, 

 M it G- af i>ut ^^i thefe are only different fpecies of ai)/- 

 arrb^a^^i-id when the Scouring is large,as it 

 h;ppensto fome full body'd young Horfcs, a white greafy 

 matter- like Fat comes away in theDung,and ihij is v^'hat Far- 

 r.ers call Molten Greafe^ which is of the fame Nature with the 

 gren fy Diarrhea ^ which fometimes happens to Men of grofs 

 Habits as well as to Korfes, and feems-tobe occafion'd when 

 the Glands of the Inteftines are more than ordinarily open'd, 

 whereby that Matter is evacuated from the Blood into the 

 Guts, vv'hich fhould oiherwife be depctited among the Fat. 

 a-, Q f. But in order to the Cure, it ought to be 



Lax orlcLrit:?. obferv'd, that in all thofe Scourings that are 

 '*"" of the firft Kind, and are only the critical 

 Difcharges of fome Difeafe ; there are feldom or never any 

 bad Accidents attending them, unlefs the Difeafe has been of 

 fuch Continuance as to wafte and attenuate the Body ; and 

 therefore when the Sicknefs abates by any fuch Difcharge, the 

 belt Way is not to be over-hafty to flop it, but it ought ra- 

 ther to be encouraged when it proves imperfect ; and that 

 raull be done by iMedicines that are moderately purging. 

 But becaufe all Difcharges that proceed from the Inteftines 

 may degenerate into the worfer Sort, Care ought to be ta- 

 ken not to let it run on too long, but it may be ftopp'd by 

 the Methods hereafter laid down for the Cure of the other 

 Species of a 'Diarrhaa ; we fhall therefore proceed to the 

 next Kind, where a Horfe lofes his Appetite ; and when 

 the Want of Digeftion is manifeft from an imperfect Com- 

 minution of the Dung, that is, when fome Fart of the 

 Food comes away whole as it is eat. 



In this Cafe all thofe Things that we have already laid 

 down for ftrengthening the Stomach are tobeufed^ for' 

 which Purpafe wealfo recommend the Ufe of Diapente, 

 to thofe that like it ; but it is not one Dofe that will an- 

 swer the End, but it ought to be repeated every Day, aiici 



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