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caried off 

 ty critical 

 Loole- 

 ncfil'S, 



The af- 



tringcnt 

 Purge for 

 Scouring. 



7 he Jrt of Farriery 



Nature is working off fome latent Enemy, which if 

 retain'd in the Blood a while longer, would bring on 

 dangerous Diilempers, as Fevers, &c. Therefore, 

 I fay, do not immediately flop the Scouring, (if the 

 Horfe take Food fufhcient to withftand it,) but ra- 

 ther give him warm white-Water with Gum Ara- 

 hick for a while, to try how Matters go. Yet if 

 his Scouring continue too long, and that he purge 

 off the very Mucus of the Bowels, which the igno- 

 rant Grooms and Farriers often miftake for a good 

 Omen, when they think that the Horfe^s parting 

 with fuch Stuff mull certainly do him Service ; 

 whereas (as I have already faid) this very mucous 

 flvmy Matter is as neceffary for lining the Infide of 

 the Bowels, and defending them from fharp irritat- 

 ing Humours which pafs thro' them, as the Chyle 

 is to fupply Nourilhment to all Parts of the Body : 

 I fay, if the Lax or Scouring continues too long 

 upon him, give him the following Drink. 



Take Red-Rofe Leaves, (or the dryd Buds nvhich 

 the Abothecaries keep,) two Ounces ; Tel/cnv Sanders, 

 three Ounces; rormentil- Root, four Ounces : Bruife 

 and bail thefe in tnx:o ^arts of Water to one ; then 

 ftrain, and add of choice toafled Rheuharb in fine 

 Powder, half an Ounce ; Syrnip of dried Rofes, three 

 Ounces: Mix, and give it the Horfe m a Morn- 

 ing Milk-warm. 



We do net certainly know the Plant of which 

 Rheubarb is the Root, tho' it is probably a Species 

 of Latathum or Dock, call'd by Herman, Lapa- 

 thum Sinenfe ; and Muntingius in his Book De ^vera 

 Herha Bullanica, pretends to have cultivated it m 

 Holland, yet I do not think he could do it to any 

 great Perfe6lion. 



We have a Root in Enolavd fomethmg like the 



Turkey, or rather the Ec)- India Rheubarb, called 



Rhaponticum or Monk's Rheubarb ; but it is eafily 



diiti]i2.uilhed from the Foreign Sorts, by a flnny 



^ mucous 



