86 The AyI of Farriery 



Reafons ; and thefe (liould continue running a con- 

 fiderable Time, at leaft a Fortnight or three Weeks. 

 An Excel- Laftly, the Herb Jf^ira Bncca dried and powdered, 

 Jj'^'J'^^.J^^^^j;^ and with a Quill, orfachlike, blown up the Horfe's 

 Head-Ach Noftrils, fo that it may pafs a good Way towards 

 and dif- his Brain r I fay this Powder, ufed in fuch a Man- 

 temper 'd ner, will perform Wonders in Head-achs, Dillem- 

 5^ycs. per'd Eyes of moft Kindf,. ?nd fuch like Diforders 



of the Head j for it will abundantly parge the Brain, 

 by caufmg the Nofe to run like a Tap. 



It may be ufed three Times a Week, and about 

 as much as will lie upon a Shilling each Time. 

 But the Horfe's Head muft be well covered, leall 

 he catch Cold, which will bring on a Swelling of 

 the Glands of the Throat, &c. 



Moft People are fond of purging their Horfes 

 v/hen they are diftempered, whether the Cafe re- 

 quire it or no ,• for this Sort of Evacuation feems very 

 much to quadrate v/ith the outward Senfes, and 

 makes the ignorant Part of Mankind (whofe Heads 

 are fuller of Humours than their Korfes) imagine 

 that purging Medicines carry off the offending Mat- 

 ter in moft Diforders, never confidering the general 

 Rule which ought ftill to be kept in Mind, njiz^ 

 A General ** that in Proportion to any one Evacuation's being- 

 Rule about «« heightened or increafed, moft or all of the other 

 on«^*'^^^^^' " Natural Evacuations are proportionally diminilh- 

 ** ed." So that in the Main, it is by way of Re- 

 vulfion fuch Bufmefs mufl be done, which the Vul- 

 gar attribute to another Manner of Oj^eration. 

 Lord I How could I laugh when I fee a filly flupid 

 Fellow, who thinks himfelf a Tip-Top Groom or 

 Farrier, poking and flirring about in a Horfe-T-d 

 to find Greafe, ^(T. which his bright Notions telt 

 him he has by his Grand fpecifick Purge, or other 

 Medicine, fetch'd away from the Horfe's Head or 

 Heels. Whereas this Greafe obfervable in the 

 Dung of Animals, on fuch Occafions, comes from 

 no other Place than the Guts ; which I fhall evi- 



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