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Cure is to be laid, and this, for Reafons too long 

 tor me to explain in this Place. 



Laftly, I advife a ftrong Deco(5lion of Senna with A Glyfter 

 fome common Salt to be inje£led by way of Gly- J^'^^J^ J^^g 

 fter, with a very long Glyfter-pipe, l^c. every E-^'powder 

 vening or Morning, and alfo the Herb called Afarato be 

 Bacca to be powdered, and with a long fmall Tube blovm up 

 or Pipe blown up the Horfe's NoHrils to the Quan- '^J;.^' f'^l^- 

 tity of half an Egg-Shell full, which is about agV ' gj^'""" 

 Drachm in Weight. This fhould be done every 

 Evening to make the Nofe run a thin Lymph or 

 watery Plumour, which will eafe the Head abun- 

 dantly. 



There are in Authors great Numbers of Receipts 

 for the Cure of the Staggers, as well as of mofl other 

 Diftempers : But, I mufl ingenuoufly confefs, that 

 my Faith is not pin'd upon the Number of Ingredi- 

 ents in any Compofition , but rather upon fucli 

 Things as are particularly adapted to the Cure of 

 the Difeafe, and for the Adminiilration of which 

 there is a Wljy and a Wherefore ; for really there is No end c*^ 

 no End of the Praflice which is founded upon No-^h- Puic- 

 ftrums, feeing every one is bigotted to his ov.-n ^^ f^ , ''" 

 Receipt. Therefore it is well with us that the ^'^^ Kolrlrnu 

 of Medicine is at this time (by the Helps which ac- 

 crue from Mathematicks, Mechanicks, Chymiilry, 

 and Natural Philofophy) brought to fuch a Certain- 

 ty , that all Family Receipts are thrown out of Fiimily 

 Doors , and fufficiently exploded, as fuperflitioufly Rtceiprs 

 and ridiculouily contrived. exploded. 



What I have faid with relation to Bleeding, 

 Glyftering, and the Sternutatory or Powder to blow 

 up the Nofe, is, I think, fufficient for the Cure of 

 the Staggers, by reafon it is granted, that (uch Dif- 

 temper proceeds from Over-fallnefs ; therefore E- 

 vacuants are indicated, and thefe fhould be mild ■^'^'^^".^"^^ 

 and fafe, not fuch as enter the Blood an 1 fufe or fjJ!\^*J.,i'' 

 heat it; but rather Glyfters, l^c. wh:ch operate no gers' ' '^ 

 farther than the Prim^ Vi^ or frit PalTage^, I'/s. the G'.y.lcr 

 Stomach, Inteflines, and their Append'iC3s. hjw tar 



