144 The Farrier'^ New Guide. Ch.XXXIX. 



a Titillation in the Guts, the vifcid, grofs and putrify'd 

 Matter, whereby they are ingender'd, caufes a Vellication 

 and frequent Twitches, and withal \o much Pain, that a 

 Horfe appears to be in all the Agony imaginable, lying 

 down and ilarting up again by Fits, oftentimes ftriking his 

 Belly with his hind Foot, and oftentimes rubbing his Fun* 

 dament againft any Wail or Poll that happens to be near 

 him ; and when there happens to be many of thofe Crea- 

 tures, efpecially when they are harbour'd in the great Guf, 

 they appear plentifully in the Dung. 



cj-, Q The Cure confifts in all thofe things th?.t 



are proper to deltroy the Vifcidities in the. 

 Bowels, and at the fame time to ftrengthen the Stomach ; 

 for by that JMeans a Horfe digefts his Hay and Provender, 

 and nothing but the grofFer Parts go downwards into the 

 Guts, fo that of Confequence thofe Creatures cannot eafily 

 be ingender'd there. 



And becaufe Purging is of the moft immediate EfHcacy 

 in all fuch Cafes, it is therefore the moft proper to begin 

 the Cure that Way ; and for that Purpofe, if there be no 

 Obftrudions in the ftreight Gut, which may lirft requite the 

 Ufe of Clyfters, we recommend the follov/ing, 



*' Take Tanfy- flowers and Coraline of each a handful, 

 *' Sena one Ounce, Jalap in grofs Powder half an Ounce :'* 

 Boil them in a Quart of Water, and to the ftrain'd Decoc- 

 tion add two Ounces of the Syrup of Buckthorn. Or : 



" Take two Ounces of Pulvis Cornachini^ or Coun- 

 *' tefs of iVarzuick's Pov/der, and give it in a Deco6tion 

 **■ wherein Rue has been boii'd.'* Let your Horfe be kept 

 from Feeding Vsno Hours before, and two Hours thereafter,, 

 giving him moderate Exercife to help the Operation of the 

 Phylick ; and at Night he may have fcalded Bran to eat. 



But thefe are the propereft Purges to deftroy Worms and 

 wormy Matter, that have Mercurius dulcis, or /Ethiops 

 mineral join'd with them, as follows : 



" Take of the beft Aloes one Ounce, Mercurius dulcis 

 *' half an Ounce, Diagridium two Drams." Make thefe 

 into a Ball with Liquorice Powder or Flower, and as much 

 Butter as is fufficien!:. Or thus : 



*' Take of the beft fliining Aloes an Ounce and a half, 

 *' Mthiops mineral an Ounce, Diagridium and Diaphore- 

 " tick Antimony of each two Drams." Make them into 

 one or two Balls^ as above dire(5ted, and let them be given 



faftiiig. 



Either 





