171 The Farrier*^ New Guide. Ch.XLVIII. 



Purpofe; but any of all thefe mud come far fhort of our 

 Jirft Prefcription, and likewife of the following, which we 

 areafliired will root out the Caufe of any Farcin that is not 

 complicated in the Manner we have above mentioned. 



" Take Native Cinnabar one Pound, Gum Guaiacum 

 *' half a' Pound ; or inftead of that, to a Horfe of fmall 

 *' Value, the fame Quantity of Guaiacum Wood rafp'd, 

 *' Zedoary and Galangal of each two Ounces, Diaphoretick 

 " Antimony four Ounces.'* Make all thefe into a fine 

 Powder, and put it up in a cover'd Gallipot. 



Tw^o Ounces of this Powder may be fometimes given in 

 Honey, and fometimes in /^<?/7/V^- Treacle, or Mithridate, 

 made into a ftiiFPafte, and thrown down like a Ball, re- 

 peating the Dofe every Day; neither will there beOccafion 

 ofkeeping the Horfe Bridled, and reflraining him three or 

 four Hours from Feeding, for this mull digeft with his 

 Food, and might be given him among his Oats if he would 

 gather it up clean. 



>T^,- ^ r- The Cinnabar, which is the Bafis of this 



Bar its Virtue. Medicme, is a natural Compound of Quick- 

 filver, and fome very fine Sulphurs, which 

 render its Operation as mild and eafy as it is truly efficaci- 

 ous ; and there is no Horfe, let him be of never fo delicate 

 and w^afhy a Conftitution, but may take it with all the Safety 

 imaginable, and it will be fo far from hurting him, that he 

 will mend and grow ftrong upon it. 



The Cinnabar of Antimony is alfo a very good Medicine, 

 and wnli have near the fame EfFed as the other, but it is 

 dearer; the Fi^itious Cinnabar is likewife ufeful in the 

 Farcin, but the Native is much the bed, and may be di- 

 ilinguifn'd from the Fictitious by its beautiful red Colour, 

 being more fplendid and fhining than that which is made by 

 the Ciiymills. 



There are infinite Remedies to be met with in the Books 

 of Farriers, many of which are affirm'd to cure the P'arcin 

 infallibly: But as there are but few of them which are not 

 over-loaded with a Number of ufelefs Ingredients; and as 

 thofe of them which are the molt adapted to that Diftem- 

 per, are but trifling and infignificant, wc have thought fit 

 not to j^Jve the Reader any Trouble with them, looking 

 upon the Cures we have already laid down, to be fufficient 

 to anfwer all that can be propos'd, fo far as inward Me- 

 dicines may be ferviceable ; and \^ thefe be comply'd with 

 111 due Time, the Farcin will never have that Tendency to 



inflame 



