222 The Art tf Farriery 



Mr, rMl[vn^ ** Take, a ^tart of "Forge-Water, (the older no 

 Rtilrin- " doubt the better ; ) boil in it four Ounces of Oak- 

 ^^"JfoVfb " ^fl^>^; t^ivo Ou,'ices of Tormentil-Root 'y Balau- 

 Bio'xly- * " fines or 'Pomegranate Flo^vers, and Red Rofe Buds 

 Flux, ** drydf of each a Handful ; and to the frabi'd Ue- 



** CO ft ion add three Ounces of Diafcordium, one 

 ** Ounce ofMithridate, and half a Drachn ofOpiu?n. 

 Injeft it warm with a long Pipe, ijc. but if it be 

 given by the Moutii, which I think is the more 

 effeftual Method in fach Cafes, feeing (as I faid be- 

 fore ) the Caufe may lie more remote within the In- 

 teitines or Guts than the Clyfter can be injetSled 

 with the longeft Pipe of the Kind : Therefore, I 

 fay, when it is defiguM for inward Ufe by the Mouth, 

 you muH only put in half the Quantity of the Diaf 

 cordium, Mithridate, and Opium, and then it will 

 be an eiBcacious and fafe Medicine to flop Purgings 

 of any Kind. 



I Ihall now proceed to give an Account of thofe 

 troublefome Reptiles to which both Man and Horfe 

 are {o fubjed, that inftead of devouring us when we 

 are dead, I am furprized they do it not while we 

 are living, to wit. Worms of all Kinds. 



CHAP. XXVI. 



Of Worms, BotSi and Truncheons, 



Of Wcrms. TJ O R S E S are exceedingly fubjeft to Worms, 

 I _£ Bots, and Truncheons. By Worms the Far- 

 riers underftand thofe which are bred in the Maw or 

 Stomach ; but there is great Reafon to believe that 

 no Worms are bred there, though many are of a 

 different Opinion. For, as Mr. Gihfon obferves, it 

 is as hard for a Moufe to live and fubfift under a 

 Mililone while it is grinding Corn, as for Worms to 

 live and fubfiil in the Stomach of any Animal, con- 

 fidering the Mufcalar Action of this fo fenfible a 

 Part of the Body, which according to the beft Ac- 

 counts 



