IMPROVE D. an 



Houfe-Leek : But even this would be a ftrange round- 

 about way of prefcribing, and fomething agreeable 

 to the old Family-Receipts fo much efteem'd by 

 good Houfewives, iffc. But if the Horfe be a 

 Ston'd-Horfe that is troubled with the Colick or 

 Gripes, this laft mentioned Author very merrily ad- 

 vifes he fnould have a Mare, efpecially if he is fo 

 afflidled that he cannot pifs ; and adds, that it pre- 

 vents fundry Sorts of Sicknefs and Difeafes, and 

 flrengtheneth Nature. 



Nov/ De Grey was no Philofopher, otherwife he 

 muft have known, that the cftener any Sfring is 

 njjound up to its Height, it e<very Time lofes tome- 

 thing (tho perhaps <vefy inconjiderahle) of its Elaf- 

 ticity i and for this very Reafon Coition can in no 

 wife flrengthen Nature ; for Omne Animal pofi Coi- 

 tu?n Hebes. 



If the Colick or Griping of the Guts caufe a 

 Stoppage of the Horfe's Water, it moftly proceeds 

 from hardened Excrements, which fo prefs the Neck 

 of the Bladder, that the SphinSier Vefica cannot 

 fiifnciently be dilated for the Pafiage of the Urine : 

 Therefore in fuch Crfe Back-rake him, and give A Clyfter, 

 him the Clyfter for V/ind as before mentioned, only when the 

 adding half a Pound of any common Oil to it, ^'^^^^^ ^^ ^ 

 which will lubricate, and make fl^ppery the ftraight w^^Jerfi^oni 

 Gut, l^c. fo that the Dung may Hide more eafily harden'd 

 along it. Excre- 



Thcre is a very proper and eafily prepared Clyf- ii^«i»ts. 

 ter in Mr. Gihfcn^ Book, which will excite the Pe- 

 rillaltick Motion of the Guts, and forward the Ex- 

 pulfion of the Excrements. It is this. *' Take\\r. GdfonS 

 " Beef Broth, (hid inmyThomhts any Sort of Broth ^^"H^^^^ tor 

 " of Flejh,) trwo or three ^tarts f one Handful of^^"" ^^'^'^* 

 ** Salt, and half a Pound of Butter : Mix, and make 

 ** a Clyfer to be injected njery njcarm. " 



I fhallclofe this Chapter with a Hillory relating An Ac- 

 to the Cafe I am treating of; which is of a Dragoon- <^o^"5 *-'{ ^ 

 Horfe that died of the Farrier, who (like many V^'^^^^^hl 

 Men in anotiier Proteiuon) was ignorant or the farrier. 



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