i88 ^Pje Jrt 0/ Farriery 



Room upon its Pvareficatlon, occaiions it tc dlftend 

 the Parts in which it is containM more flrongly ; 

 whereupon a Senfe of Pain is excited, and thereby 

 a greater Concourfe oi Fluid, and confequently a 

 needlefs Increafe of the Tumour or Swelling caufed ; 

 fo that Medicaments under this Denomination re- 

 quire to be in the Hands of fuch, \^ho are fo well 

 acquainted with the Mechsnifm of the Animal Oe- ' 

 conomy, as to be able to apply them to the befl Ad- 

 vantage, and know how to avoid the Hazards which 

 may arife from their Abufe. Now to return, 



I fay, if the Strangles will not yield to Bleeding, 

 Purging, l5}c. fo as r.pparently to diiToh'e away, 

 then Poultices made of icalded Bran and frefh Hog*i- 

 Lard, mixed and applied warm, are as good as any 

 Thing e[{t which can be conti-ived for fuch Purpofe, 

 notwithftanding every Perfon may pretend to Secrets 

 of the Kind. Eat for the better Satisfaftion of fuch . 

 whofe Heads run upon one particular Kind of Poul- 

 tice or Cataplafm more than another, ( I m.ean v,-here 

 foftening Things are indicated,.) I fhall ihow how 

 and in whfit Mnnner thcfe Sorts of Applications 

 operate: And, Firft, 

 Emollients, Emollients are fuch Things as fheathe and foften 

 or ibrtering the Afperity or Sharpnefs of the Humours, and re- 



Jip r xf,"' l^x and make far^ple the Solids at the fame Time, 

 their Man- -,.. '■^ r • itv/t i 



ner ofOpc- And it is very eafy to conceive tiie Ivlanner how 



ration ex- thefe KfFefts are brought about by one and the fame 



pUin'd. Medicine. 



Secondly, By what Means foever the Juices have 

 obtdn'd a Sharpncfs or Afperity (and in the l::rg& 

 Glr.nds they are very fubje(rt thereunto,) fo as to 

 \-ellicate and render unea fy the Fibres and Nervous 

 Parts ; thofc Things which are fmooth, foft, and 

 yielding, cannot but (as it were) wrap up their 

 Points, and render them imperceptible, infomuch 

 that they will not be able to caufe Pains and uneafy 

 Senfations ; and by this Means they may gradually 

 (by the proper Courfc of Circulation) be brought 



to 



