IMPROVED. 133 



If a Horfejs Plethorick or too full of Blood and The Me- 



Spirits, and his Eyes are inflamed or Rheumy, in^^'J,'^^.^ 

 fuch Cafe Bleeding, Purging, Rowelling, ^'c. arei^jj^^^,^^ 

 of no Service, although Super-purgation or Ov^er-Eye.s. 

 purging is as bad, and often of dangerous Confe- 

 quence, not only to the Eye-Sight, but alfo to the 

 Bowels or Inteftines, which it much weakens. Of 

 fuch Concern therefore is it to keep the Golden 

 Mean, and not to be over-fond of Purging or Bleed- 

 ing our Horfes when there are very fmall Reafons 

 for it, nay perhaps no other than that we are fond 

 of feeing fuch Evaaiations, by Reafon they bell 

 quadrate with our outward Senfes. 



I fhall offer the following as a good and fafe Purge 

 for Rheumy Eyes. 



Taie Horfe- Aloes, ten Drachms ; Cream of Tar- A Purge 

 /,?r, one Ounce ; Senna in Pouoder, half an Ounce j for Rhen- 

 on of Annifeed, tnjoo Drachms; Syrrup of Buckthorn, '^''^^^^^' 

 as much as is fuffi-cient to make it into a fiff Mafs : 

 Which form into two Balls, and give them in the 

 common Manner with about a Quart of warm Ale 

 to wafh them down. 



The Price of this Purge (hould be about Sixteen The Price. 

 Pence, ( Apothecaries Profit, ) and there is no fear 

 of any of the Drugs being bad, they are fo cheap, 

 unlefs the Oil of Annifeed, which is worth eight ' 

 Shillings a Pound at London ,• and as I have not 

 heard of any Method of trying its Goodnefs with- 

 out a deal of Trouble, I muft recommend my Read- 

 ers to make Choice of honeft Apothecaries (if any 

 fuch there are ) to make up the Medicines I prefcribe. 



Oil of Annifeed has this peculiar Quality in it, dif- 

 ferent from moft, if not all other Chymical Oils j 

 to wit, that it congeals or feems to freeze even in 

 warm Weather. 



After Bleeding, Purging, ^c. it will be of Ser- 

 vice to ufe the Water, fuch as before prefcribed. 



If 



