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Refinons 

 Purges 

 good m th: 

 I)ropry in 

 Men, but 

 ■not in 

 Hories. 



7'le Jrt 0/ F A R R I E R Y 



Ri'ver-Water to four parts', then ft rain out the li- 

 quor y and put Pvoo ^arts of n.vhite Wiyie upon the ^ 

 remaining Hellebore, and let it infufe ^:arm in a ^ 

 Pitcher or the like for forty eight Hours, often fhak- 

 ing the Liquor about ; then fir ain out the Wine, and 

 ■mix both the Water and it together, 'which may lie 

 kept in a ^tone-Bottle for Ufe. Give the Horie a 

 Pint Morn and Even Milk-warm while it lafls. 



Strong Cathartics, or purging Medicines which 

 work quick, are to be preferred to thole which 

 work milder and flower, and thefe are to be re- 

 peated as often as the Strength of the Horfe will 

 permit. 



In human Bodies, where the alimentary Tube or 

 Pipe from the Stomach to the Fundament is not 

 ^ fo long by feveral Yards as in Hories, nor the 

 Pojaure fo inconvenient, refmcus Purges are moll 

 efFeaual; fuch as Gam.boge, Elaterium or the in- 

 fpiffated Juice of wild Cucumber, and the like, by 

 reafcn they pov/er fully irritate the Glands of the 

 Guts, and make them fqueeze out their Contents, 

 infcmuch that the Patient fhall have feveral Stools 

 moftly Water, tho' he drink very little Gruel du- 

 ring the Operation of thefe Kinds of Purges ; and 

 therefore in' human Bodies they are very ferviceable 

 to drain off the fuperfluous Lymph : But I fear fuch 

 Things are not fafe for Horfes, for Reafons already 

 riTign'd under the Chapter upon general Purging, 

 i3c. Therefore, if the Legs of your Horie pit upon 

 the Imprefilon of the Fingers, I mean, if they do fo 

 pretty high up towards the Hough behind, or 

 Knee before, in fuch Cafe his Blood may be judged 

 too v.eak, that is, its Mome?itufn or Stroke againft 

 the Extremity of the Vcliels, for want of Spirits, 

 iffc. is not fo ftrong as it ought. And therefore, 

 upon its perpendicular PrefTure the Parts are apt to 

 tumefy and 'f^vell, more efpecially in the lower 

 Limbs of humm, aixl below the Houghs and 



Kneco of brute Creatures. 



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