Chap.XLIV. Of a Flux of Ur me. Sec. 155 



fion as poffible, bec^ufe this Kind of Hemorrhage proves 

 Ibmetimes fatal to Horfes, and that very fuddenly. 



After Bleeding, a cooling Clyfter vv^herein Sal Polychre' 

 jlum or Sal Prunella has been dillolv*d, will be very con- 

 venient. As the following : 



" Take of the Decodion of Mallows and Marfh-mallows 

 " two quarts, dillblve in it three Ounces of Sal PoUchre- 

 *''' ftum^ or SalPriLiielloe^ or Salt-petre, four Ounces of Oil 

 " or frefh Butter.'* Let it be inje(^1ed lukewarm. 



The following Drench may aifo be given, and repeated 

 for two or three Days. 



*' Take Plantain- water one Pint, Treacle-v^^ater half a 

 ^' Pint, Japan Earth and Bole, of each two Ounces, Sugar 

 " of Lead ten Grains, Diafcordium or Mithridate, three 

 " Ounces." Or the following Balls may be given. 



" Take Gum Tragacanth and Gum Arabick, of each 

 " four Ounces, dry*d Liquorice, Seeds of Melons and white 

 ** Poppies, of each an Ounce, Gourds and Cucumber-feeds 

 " of each half an Ounce, Starch two Ounces : Make them 

 " into a fine Powder, and with a Mucilage of Roots of 

 " Marfh-mallow^s and Fenugreek- feeds, let them be form- 

 *' ed into Balls weighing two Ounces each. 



Let your Horfe have one of thefe Balls Morning and Af- 

 ternoon an Hour before his Water, until his Urine ceafes to 

 be' Bloody. 



But if the Flux of Blood be violent, take two Ounces of 

 Salt or Sugar of Lead, and dillblve it in a (^lart of Vinegar 

 or Verjuice, and apply it cold to his Breaft, and it will flop 

 it immediately, unlets it proceeds from Ibme pretty large 

 Branch of an Artery ; and in that cafe, unlefs the Rupture 

 be in the Urinary Paliage, Vv'here it may be reached b\' a 

 ftyptick Injedtion, it will readily prove mortal. 



If your Horfe has got a Fever, his Feeding mull be but 

 very moderate ; if he has no other Accident befides a Flux 

 of Urine, he may be indulg'd to feed fomewhat more liberal- 

 ly, and among his Oats maybe Itrew'd the Seeds of Melons, 

 Gourd, or white Poppies; three or four of the Heads of the 

 faid Poppies, with the Seeds, may be cut to pieces and boird 

 in his Water, which will give it no difagreeable Tafte. You 

 may alfo give him now and then half a Pintoffweet Oil ; 

 for all thofe Things are very proper, and they will help to 

 blunt the Afperity and Sharpnefs of the Urine ; but Care 

 mull be taken not to let him dnnk too much Vv^ater, but 

 rather give it him the oftner, unlefs it bg Ibften'd in the 

 Manner we have direded, C H A P» 



