2J^z The FarrierV New Gliide. Ch.LXXXII* 



_,, ^ From ^vhathas been faid, it will be eafy 



1 be Lure, ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ underftand the Nature of the 

 Greafe, and the Manner of its Production ; we fliall there- 

 fore proceed to the Cure, wherein the firft thing to be re- 

 garded, is the State and Condition of the Horfe ; for if the 

 Greafe be an Attendant on fome other Sicknefs, the Cure 

 will be fo much the more difficult ; afld it will be in vain 

 to expe6l a Recovery until the Difeafe is removed which 

 has been the Origin and Caufe of it ; and therefore, if the 

 Horfe be hedtick, or has got the Yellows, or Farcin, ^c. 

 the Methods laid down for the Cure of thofe Diftempers mufi 

 be foUow'd, at the fame time proper Applications are made 

 outwardly : But if it be produced of the common and ordi- 

 nary Accidents, and that the Horfe is not otherwife difeafed, 

 a Method peculiar to that Diftemper only is to be obferved. 



And in this Cafe, if the Horfe has been pampered and well 

 fed, the Cure ought to be begun by bleeding and Purging, 

 to leJlen the Redundancy of Humours ; neither fhould thefe 

 be too often repeated •, but what is wanting that Way, had 

 much better be effectuated by a more fpare Diet, with daily 

 Exercife. For in all the Circumftances of the Greafe, there 

 is a Tendernefs and Delicacy, either originally, or brought 

 on by Habit or illUfage, which is alfo manifeft from hence, 

 that young Horfes are molt iubject to the Greafe, as their 

 Bodies are loofe, foft, and liexibie, and their Juices naturally 

 vifcid and glutinous, which is necellary to the Accretion and 

 Growth of all young Animals. Wherefore, when Evacua- 

 tions are either too large, or often repeated, initead of being 

 ferviceable, they often become hurtful, and render the Di- 

 ftemper more obltinate, by adding to that Weaknefs and 

 Relaxation of Body which is natural to grcas'd Horfes. 



After moderate Evacuations, a Rowel may be made on 

 the Infide of the Thigh, or on the Belly, which may be 

 continued for a Month, or longer, if there be Occafion, and 

 in the mean time, the Cinnabar or Antimonial Balls, ^c, 

 ought to be conflantly given, in the Manner we have alrea- 

 .dy laid down for the Cure of the Farcin ; and while thefe 

 things are complied with internally, the Legs fhould be 

 frequently rubb'd fbut not with fuch hard Inftruments as 

 fome People make ufe of, a good Whifp of Hay and a Brufti 

 being fufficient for that Purpofe. J Baths and Fomentations, 

 fuch as may draw off the Humours by Tranfpiration, or 

 render them lit to return back again with the common 

 Current, are alfo to be made ufe of » and for this Purpofe 

 we recommend tlie following, 



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