£06 ne Art of Farriery 



Scouring as may caufe tlic Horfe to void moll of the 

 Mucus or flippery Matter, which fhould defend the 

 inner Membranes of the Guts from the Erofion and 

 Acrimony of the Juices j Therefore, when it is pro- 

 perly judged that the Caufe of the Diforder is taken 

 away, let the following. Mixture be given inwardly. 

 A Mixti^rc T^ake a ^uart of Ca?2ary, or for Want of that a 

 for the ^uart of 'voarm Beer', dijjol-ve about the Bignefs of 

 tolicK, ^^ -jg^^ ^ ^^ Cordial Ball in it, and an Ounce cf 

 Venice Treacle, or Mithriddte : To v/hich may be 

 edded ( if the Horfe fcour more than ordinary ) One 

 Hundred Drops of Liquid Laudanum, and the like 

 Nu7nber of Tinflure of Cajior. Stir it well before 

 you give it. 



The Purge, Clyfter, &c. may be repeated accord- 

 ing as there is Need : But give no Opiates in the 

 Beginning of the Diiiem.per j for, notwithflanding 

 -I have as great a Veneration for Opiates as the 

 Gentleman who fiid, If there <vjas 710 Opium he 

 nvouJd be no Phyfician ; yet I am fatisfy'd the Secret 

 lies in the AdmirJfbration, not in the Knowledge 

 of good or bad Drugs. And this Secret will ftill rC' 

 main in the Hands ( or rather Heads ) of a very few, 

 altho' Books upon the Subjed of Phyfick w^ere 

 ever}' Day publiih'd. And no doubt the true Rea- 

 fon of tliis is owing to the indolent and fluggiOi 

 Temper of Mankind, v/hich fc be^-vitches them, 

 that they will not take Pains to fearch after Truth ; 

 Mathematicks, Mechanicks, Natural and Experi- 

 inental Philofophy, being meer Bugbears to tliem ; 

 -fo that they are contented to jog on in the old blind 

 Road of Ignorance, and prefcribe Medicines in Spite 

 of Nature and their Stars, and without knowing, or 

 being able to give any tolerable Account of tJie 

 .Modus Operandi, a Knowledge fo efTentially necef- 

 fcry in the G:re of Difeafes. Thefe are tJie M-en 

 who have not the Why for the Wherefore, and 

 whcfe Faith or chief Reliance is upon the Number 

 of Drugs in the Prefcription, not at all conladering 



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