The Jrt of Fa r r i k r y 



the Stomach, Is'c. And how powerful the Tefta- 

 cea or fhelly Powders, as well as Chalk or burnt 

 Hartshorn, are in deftroying Acids, or rather ab- 

 forbing them, any one may judge, who makes the 

 Experiment by mixing Vinegar or the like with 

 fuch Powders, 'which immediately lofes its Sharpnefs 

 and Pungency upon the Tongue. 



The Cure' of Acid Crudity confifts in thi? ; to 

 wit, firft, in abforbing the Acid by the Ufe of 

 burnt Hartshorn for fome Time ; then a Cordial 

 Drink or two, prepared with Volatile Aromaticks, 

 according to the following Prefcription. 



Take a ^lart of White-Wine, or for i»ant of this 

 c ^art of Beer ; and grate into it two Nutmegs of 

 irhout a Peiiny a-piece ; and gi've it the Horfe by a 

 Horny Milk-ivarm. 



After the Drink, in a Day or two, may be given 

 the following Purge ', but if Purging be made ufe 

 of liefore fuch Preparation of the Juices, nothing will 

 be difchnrged, but Gripings and Convulfive Motions 

 will be occafioned. The Purge is this. 



A Pi rge Take of Moes, or.e Ounce ; Diapevte, an Ounce 



for Aci I ^^^ ^^^'. Salt of Tartar, half an Ounce ; Syrrup of 

 ^^'heSro Buckthorn, an Ounce and half ', and nxjith flour of 

 mi^xh, ^c. Bri7rfone male them up into t-ojo Balls, and gi^ve 

 them in the ordinary Method. 



Nidoron: Crudity, from the Word Nidor, which 

 Signifies any Thing of a bad Smell or Flavour, is, 

 when the Nourifhrnent is corrupted, fo that it turns 

 into a Putrefied Solution of a horrid Tafte and Smell, 

 altogether unfit for proper Chyle, and does not ( in 

 any eminent Degree) differ from Acid Crudity ; only 

 the Eruaations are not acid, but rather infipid, pu- 

 trid, or fulphurous, like theTafte of fry M Eggs when 

 they are burnt, as near as I can any way judge it. This 

 occaftons Heait-Burmngs ; therefore the Horfe partly 



loaths 



