204 The Art ofYh'B.KiE^^ 



Arfe-Gut, near fix Yards In Length ; fo that the 

 Colon of a Horfe fourteen Hands high may be faid 

 to be nearly eight Yards and a half long ; and from 

 it along the Reaum or Straight-Gut to the Jnus, 

 where the Excrements are difcharged, is not above 

 half a Yard ; fo that it is plain Clyfters operate 

 Clyfters moflly in the Colon ; tho' I muft fay they are 

 ft uid be given in too fmall Quantities; for what fignifies 

 giv-.n in ^^^q Quarts of Liquor in a Gut nine Yards long^, 

 Qi antities. ^'^'^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Inches Diameter in a natural State : 

 Bat in the Colick it is fo diftended with Flatu- 

 lences, that its Diameter exceeds feven or eight 

 Inches, as I have frequently obferved in thofe dy- 

 ing of that Dillemper, or, which is much the 

 fame, the Griping of the Guts. Now for a De- 

 fer iption of the Colick. 

 The Word The Word Colick, ftriaiy taken, fignifies Dif- 

 Colick de- orders of the Colon only; but now generally it is 

 ' taken for any painful Diforder of the Stomach, or 



Bowels, attended from firft to laft with a thick and 

 Firft, a Bi- troubled Urine, whether in Man or Brute Crea- 

 lioas Co- tures. And from hence arifes the common Di- 

 hck, what. f|,;j^£^joj,s of, Firft, a Bilious Colick, which fprings 

 The Caufe. from a Redundancy or Acrimony of Choler irrita- 

 ting the Bowels, and fo caufmg Gripings, and ge- 

 nerally a Lax or Scouring. 

 The Cure. The Cure of a Bilious Colick is performed by 

 gently purging off and foftening the offending Hu- 

 mours, which is accomplilhed by Lenitives and Emol- 

 lients. The following Clyfter is very proper in the 

 firft Stage of this Diftemper. 



A Clyfter 7ake Mallonv-Lea'ves, and Camomile-Fhwers, of^ 

 Uck ^^ ^" ^""^^ ^""-'^ Uandfuls ; Bellitory of the Wall, three 

 Hdndfuls i Flo^\:ers of Elder, t<v:o Hatidfils ', Juni- 

 per Berries hrnifed, four Ounces : Boil thefe in four 

 Quarts of Rai?i-lVater to three ; then Jirain and prefs 

 out the Liquor pretty frongl)', and add tivo Ounces of 

 Lejiitinje Elefluary ; and give the liorfe the whole 

 three Quarts by way of Clyfter at once ; for, as I 

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