i5>5 The An of Farriery 



Horfe in full Vigour. Indeed he fays, take of the 

 beji Aloes an Ounce and half, by which he may 

 mean the Succotrine Aloes brought to us from Ara- 

 bia, and Egypt, in Skins, and is of a blackilh Co- 

 lour in the Lump, but of a Ihining golden Hue 

 when broke and powderM, and has but little Smell : 

 I fay, if he intended this So/t of Aloes, he fhould 

 have been a little more explicit, for it is dearer than 

 the common Aloes by five Shillings in the Pound- 

 Weight ; therefore you need not fear the Apothe- 

 caries will let you have that of fix or feven Shillings, 

 when they can fell you Aloes for fixteen Pence a 

 Pound, which is imported from Barbadoes in large 

 Shells or Gourds, of a ftrong cffenfive Scent, and 

 is calPd Hepatic Aloes, from its dark Liver Colour. 

 TheUfe of In fhort, I know no one Drug of more univerfal 

 Aloes % ery ufg in Medicine than Aloes, nor of more Efficacy 

 extenfive. ^^^ ^^^^ Intentions, both as a Purge and Altera- 

 tive. But to return, 

 Reftnous In the Purging Ball for loll Appetite, as prefcribed 



Purges dativby Mr. Gibfon, ^there are two Drachms of Diagridi- 

 -gerovis and ^^^^ which is a Refmous Subftance call'd Scannnony 

 rough in j-Qg/^ed in a Quince ; but correct it how you pleafe, 

 Operation. .^ .^ ^.,^, ^^ Refmous that fmail Particles of it are 

 apt to ftick amongft the Folds of the Stomach and 

 Guts, and caufe fuch Vellications or convulfive 

 Twitchings, that they often endanger the Life oT 

 the Animal : And moreover, by the rough Opera- 

 tion of fuch -Refmous Purges, the Bowels are fo ir- 

 ritc ted to a Difcharge of their Contents, that J:he 

 Creature oftentimes purges off the very Mtiais ox 

 flimy Liquor or Moillure" which daubs over their in- 

 ternal Coat, and which M«r.7j Nature depofits there 

 as a Defence ngainft any (harp irritating Juices which 

 may pafs through them. 



Bef des,two Drachms o^Dia^ridium is twelve good 

 Dofes for n flro^i^i Man, and this (confider'd with the 

 Quantity of Ho)-fe Aloes) I think is an over-Dofe, 

 elpecially for a Horie vhofe Stomach is (according 

 to my Text ) fuppofed to be in a depraved and weak 



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