Chap. XLVIir. Of the Farcin. 171 



" Take crude Antimony half a Pound, Quickfilver four 

 " Ounces, Flour of Brimllone two Ounces : Rub thefe 

 "" two or three Hours in an Iron Mortar, until they are re- 

 " duc'd into an impalpable black Powder; then take of 

 " the Rafpings of Guaiacum Wood fix Ounces, Zedoary 

 '^ and Galangal, of each two Ounces, Bay-berries, Juni- 

 *' per-berries, Coriander- feeds, and Caraway-feeds, of each 

 *' an Ounce." Make all thcfe into a fine Powder, and 

 mix them in a Mortar with the Black Powder. 



Two Ounces of this Powder made up into a Ball or 

 Pafte, with a fufEcient Qiiantity of Honey, and given eve- 

 ry Day to your Horfe, will foon cure him of the moft in- 

 veterate Farcin, unlefs any uncommon Accident fhould hap- 

 pen, or that the Horfe be broken-winded, or labours under 

 fome other inward Imperfedion. 



The following Drink may alfo be given againft the Far- 

 cin with very good Succefs, but then it is not once or twice 

 will do the Bufinefs, but it muft be continued a confidera- 

 ble Time. 



'' Take o^Gualacum-woaA one Found, Sajfafras and Box- 

 " wood, of each half a Pound, the Bark of Walnut-tree, 

 *' and the Roots of fharp-pointedDock, of each four Oun- 

 " ces. Hog-lice tied in a Imnen Bag, as many as will fill a 

 " Pint Porringer, Liquorice flic'd four Ounces." Let all 

 thefe be put into fix Gallons of new Wort, the Woods and 

 Bark being firft rafp'd, and when it has done working, give 

 your Horfe a Quart of the Liquor every Morning, and the 

 fame quantity towards the Evening, or oftener. 



I have feen a great many Receipts which have been fome- 

 what of the fame Nature for the Cure of the Farcin, but 

 the Owners of them, for the moft part, boil'd the Ligre- 

 dients in Ale or Beer, and gave it once or twice ; and if the 

 Drink did not anfwer their End, they were then greatly dif- 

 appointed ; but as all thofe Things have their Operation 

 chiefly in the Glands and fmall Vellels, a confiderable Time 

 mull be allowed before their Efficacy be much felt, and if 

 they anfwer their End in two or three Months, it is as much 

 as can be expected from them. 



SoUeyfell recommends the Ufe of Guaiacum, Saflafras, 

 and Sarfaparilla, two Ounces of each, made into a grofs 

 Powder for three Dofes, which, he fays, is a Specifick, 

 which, by a continued Ufe, infallibly cures the Farcin. 

 The Roots of *S<?/i?;/2i?«'s-feal, white Mulein, and Qtieen of 

 the Meadows, Hand alfo recommended by him for the fame 



Purpofe ; 



