IMPROVED. 195 



Cloaths afterwards ; but let his Water be alw'ays a 

 little warm'd, as before obferved. 



Three of thefe Cordial Mixtures given at two or 

 three Days Diftance, I think fufficient to recruit 

 the Blood and Spirits, after they { the latter efpeci- 

 ally ) have been wafted and much fpent in this Dif- 

 temper. 



It mufl be remember'd, that a Horfe fhould reft A Horfe 

 for fome confiderable Time after acute Difeafes ; as IhoiUd reit 

 Fevers of any kind, or otlier violent and fickly Dif- ^^lik after 

 orders : For if he is (when in this v/eak Condition) .^^ute 

 put to labour beyond his Strength, it may occafion DilVafes. 

 many and great Evils ; as Manginefs, Farcin ; and 

 Difeafes of the Stomach and Bowels, as Scouring, &c. 

 So that from a tolerably good Horfe before the Dif- 

 temper, he is now become a ^'ajh\, good-for-nothingy 

 ftuggijh Jade ; and, what is woril of all, is likely to 

 continue fo, unlefs he undergoes a tedious Courfeof 

 Phyfick, in order to bring the Fibres to their former 

 Power of Elafticity and Firmnefs. 



CHAP. XXHI. 

 Of Difeafes of the Stomach, and Guts. 



MR. Gihfon begins the 33d Chapter of his 

 Book of Farriery with a very nice Obferva- 

 tion ; to wit, that " as the Food of Horfe s confjis 

 ** of the tnoj} flmfle Productions cf the Earth, they 

 " cannot be liable to many Difeafes of the Stomach.''^ 

 And what he fays farther under the fame Head is 

 worth reading ; only when he comes to treat of the 

 Cure, he fets down two Purges, wiiich he tells us 

 may be either of them given with Succefs, to re- 

 cover loft Appetite. The)- are near the Clofe of 

 the 1 24th Page of his Book, and one of them is a 

 Decoftion, the other made into BolufTes or Balls. 

 Now the Decoclion is a pretty mild and eafy-work- 

 ing Purge ; but the Ball is ftrong enough for any 

 K 2 Horfe 



