40 ^ke Jrt C'f Far r i e r y 



Purging Purging Medicines by the Mouth, ought never 



Medicines ^q j^^ ^r^j ^^ Fevers ; for tJiefe raife new and ter- 



in FeTers ^'^^^^ Commotions in the Blood in fuch Cafes, and 



may in all likelihood occafion an Inflammation in 



the Guts, by deriving or dravv'ing a Quantity of the 



Febrile Matter that Way. 



Before the Ufe of Clyllers as aforefaid, the Far- 

 rier ihould anoint his Hand very well with Oil or 

 frefh Butter, and pafs it up the Horfe's Fundament, 

 in order to bring away the harden'd Dung or Excre- 

 ments; and his Clyiler-Pipe fliould be long and 

 large, that the Liquor may pafs as far as poffible in- 

 to the Guts. I know fome Farriers who have Sy- 

 ringes or Inftruments commonly called Squirts, 

 which will contain at leail three Quarts of Liquid ; 

 and tliefe, in my Opinion, are exceeding proper to 

 injeft Clyfters : For the Guts of a Horfe are not 

 only large, but of a confiderable Length, from the 

 Valve in the Colo7i downwards ; fo that the Quan- 

 tity injected or thrown up into the Guts, ought not 

 ,to be lefs than two Quarts, forafmuch as thofe things 

 which lie in lefs Room, are of too powerful a Na- 

 ture to be made ufe of on thefe Occafions ; I mean, 

 that if a Clyfier was contrived in a little Quantity 

 fo as to operate, it mufl be compounded of fuch 

 fharp ftimulating Ingredients, as perhaps might do 

 more Harm than Good. Therefore, as I have faid, 

 let all Clyllers in Fevers be mild in Operation, and 

 large in Quantity. 



A Clyfter . Take of Mallo^uu Lea'ves, and FdUtorycf theWall^ 

 jn a Fcvsir. each four Handfuls \ A7inifeed^ avd Caraways bruifed, 

 of each one Ounce ; boil thefe in four ^arts of IVa- 

 ter to three, then fir ain it off-, and add of Gallipclj- 

 Oil three Ounce's, of coarf Sii^ar four Ounces, .Ca- 

 ryocoftimun ElcSluary one Ounce, mix. The Carjo- 

 cofliniun cojis about z d. - • 



Some add Leniti^ue EhSluary three Ovinces,' or as 

 the Nature of the Cafe requires. For reuliy; tliiere 



is 



