IMPROVED. 213 



" tempted in any ftubborn Coftivenefs, but by 

 " Clyfters." 



This Account, and Mr. Gihfori% Obfervations 

 upon it, are well worth obferving j and although 

 he fays he belonged to a Regiment, I am fure by 

 his Manner of Writing that he was no common 

 Farrier ; for not one that ever I talked with, or 

 whofe Works I have read, come any thing near 

 Mr. GihJon\ Way of Reafoning : But on the other 

 Hand, the Difcourfe of the Modern, and the Wri- 

 tings of the Ancient Farriers, agree in this, to wit, 

 that they are equally a Compofition of Nonfenfe, 

 and unintelligible Jargon built upon falfe Principles. 



There are three different Sorts of Colicks more Three dif- 

 than the two I have mentioned, which are incident ^^5'"^'^'^.^°^'^^ 

 to Human Bodies, to wit, the Hyprhk-Colick, the°^ ^°^^^^^' 

 Ner-vous CoV.ck, and laftly the Stone-Colick, ariling 

 from Irritations of Stones and Gravel in the Kid- 

 neys, and urinary Paffages, and caufing violent Fain 

 by Confent of Parts : But as thefe three Kinds are 

 ' not common to Horfes, I beg leave to proceed to 

 an Account of what we call a Diarrhcea in Men, 

 but a Lax or Scouring in Horfes. 



CHAP. XXV. 

 Of the Lax or Scouring in Horfes. 



I Shall not trouble the Reader with a tedious De- 

 fcription of the feveral different Kinds of Loofe- 

 TiefTes or Scouring, by reafon fuch Account would 

 rather tend to embarrafs than edify the Reader, 

 Therefore I fhall content myfelf with as fuccindand 

 brief a Dcicription as may be. 



A Lax or Scouring in Horfes, is a frequent Dif- The Signs, 

 charge of T'hin, Watery, Mucous, Phlegmy, 

 Frothy, Fat, Colerick, Black Matter, by the Fun- 

 dament ; and this is mollly with, though fometimes 



without 



