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Thing may be faid in Favour of this Method, whlcH 

 is, that it afiifts Nature in opening the PafTages fne 

 defigned, 'viz. the Pores of the Hide; and no 

 Doubt but it will anfwer our End better than any 

 other of the Ernunftories or Out-lets, beeaufe we 

 forward the Exit of that Excrement, which Nature 

 defigned fhould be thrown out this Way. 

 Nothing Nothing cold fhould be given a Horfe to drink 



cold fhould upon his Perfpiration being obilrufted, or^ in other 

 Honb to ^ ^^^'^"^ ^^ having catched Cold ; for fuch Things 

 ddnk upon *^^^ oppofite to the main Intention of Cure, ^-iz. 

 obftrnttttl promoting Perfpiration : Therefore give him AVater 

 Perfpira- Milk-warm for a few Days ; and it will be much 

 tiO!L better if you mix a little Oat-meal with it, or ra- 



ther (if the Horfe will drink it ) fome of my Cor- 

 dial Ball, as prefcribed in my Notes upon Capf, 

 Burdon'^s Pocket-Farrier. 



Mr. Cihfin dire£ls Sal Prunellcs or purified Nitre^ 

 \.o be infilled in the Water ; and I cannot fay but it 

 may be ferviceable, as it is a powerful Diuretic, or 

 Promoter oi Urine : But fome Horfes are fo nice, 

 that they will refufe fuch medicated Water ; the* 

 I fancy one might bring them to drink it, by keep- 

 ing them from Liquids for fome Time, and that 

 may certainly be done ( in the Cafes I am fpeaking 

 of) without the leaft Danger or Hazard of hurting 

 the Horfe by fuch Abftinence. 

 Mr. Gi/c>;'s This Author farther very juftly obferves, that 

 Opinlpn when Nature is put out of the Courfe fhe defigned 

 jvillified. to difcharge or carry off any peccant or offending 

 Humour ; in fuch Cafe there moilly happens an im- 

 perfeft Crifis, from which proceed the Mange, Far- 

 cin, Lamenefs, Blindnefs, bjc. And that this is 

 too often the Cafe, and wholly owing to the Doc- 

 tor's Prefcriptions, which obllruited Nature in her 

 Defign, is too evident to admit of a Difpute : Bat 

 fuch there are, and fuch there will be, while the 

 World endures, whofe pretended Learning is built 

 upon lb fcindy a Foundation, that it will not bear a 

 Scrutiny ; but,, upon the Application of the Touch- 



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