iicd the Jrt c/ Farriery 



** greatell Part of it, and fell immediately to his 

 ** Hay. The Dr?.goon told Mr. Gib/on he gave 

 ** him more Chaik afterwards, and obfervcd that 

 ** the Horfe eat his Hay better for it; but being 

 ** /bon after obliged to march, he was perfe6lly 

 '* cured by the Exercife, and had no farther Crav- 

 ** ings of that Kind." 



You may by this Account, fee how neceffary it 

 3S to allow a Horfe (that has Acid Juices in his Sto- 

 mach in too grent abundance, ) to eat Clay, i5c. or 

 rather to give him Chalk, burnt Hartshorn, or 

 Oyflcr-fhells, in fine Powder, or the like ; other- 

 wife he will not thrive nor eat his Hay ; and alfo 

 _ Exercife is one great Help, towards removing the 

 Complaint. 



The TTvn- The Hungry Evil in Horfcs, is the fame 



|,:yEvii. that in Man we term M^ /ad a 2.x\di Bulifria, vul- 

 garly cnlled a Canine or Dog-like Appetite, al- 

 though Bulimy fignifies an Oxe's Appetite. 



The Canfj. I'he Caufe of all thefe is Acid and Nidorous Cru- 

 dities, of which I have juft now treated ; and as the 



The Cure. Cure confifts in Abforbent, Evacuant, and Stoma- 

 chick Medicines as mentioned, I ihall not take up 

 the Reader's Time fo much as to make a diftinft 

 Chapter of it, but proceed to an Account of the 

 Diftempers of the Guts, and firft of the Colick. 



CHAP. XXIV. 



Of the Colick. 



A S the Colick is a Diftemper which (as well 

 j\^ as many mere of the Stomach and Gut?) pro- 

 ceeds from Flatulence or Wind pent up, I mull beg 

 leave to explain what is meant by Carminati<ve Me- 

 dicines, or fuch Medicines as are faid to expel Wind ; 

 and as the Nerves are frequently under great Difor- 

 ders from pent up Wind or Flatus's, what difTipates 



and 



