!170 ^he Jrt of Farriery 



eafes, infoir.uch that an old experienced Praflitionar 

 has but a poor Chance of b-ing heard, unlefs the 

 Audience hnppen to be bette-r Judges than are com- 

 monly met with on fuch Occafions. But to return.^ 

 Three I am fully perfwaded that a Dropfy in general is 



Ways of a produced by any Canfe, which may, Firji, fo con- 

 Pg^}'[^.^ 'Urain the Serous or watry Liquor as to make it flag- 

 dxiced. nate or flop in the Veffels ; or. Secondly, break the 

 VefTtls, fo as to let fuch Liquor out amongft the 

 Membranes of the Body; or, Thirdl;, fo obllruft 

 the Veffels that bring it back from the Cavity of 

 the Ahdome-n that fuch Liquor cannot exhale,_ nor 

 be abforbM again. And thefe Caufes are various ; 

 fometimes acute Difeafes, fuch as Fevers and the 

 like; Schirrlious Tumours or hard knotty SwelHngs 

 of any remarkable Bovvd, fuch as the Liver, Spleen, 

 l3\. all extravrgant Difcharges whatever, efpecially 

 great Loflcs of Blood. 



I flirJl now fet down a Prefcription or two for the 

 Dropfy in Horfes, : and jufl mention a particular 

 Cafe ; after which I ihall proceed to an Account of 

 what is meant by a Horfe's being Hide-bound. 



The Cnre Tirjl, if the Dropfical Humour be contimed with- 

 otan^/itf- in the Bounds of Circulation, tho' indeed there do 

 {area. j^ot ,^VPn(- Arguments to prove, that the Waters ccn- 



tain'd in the Abdomen or lower Belly of Dropfical 

 Perfcns aie fo ; I fay if thefe Humours are lodged 

 all over, or, as we exprefs it, in the Habit of thQ 

 Body, it is termM an Anafarca, and may eafily be 

 cured ( provided the Vijcera be found ) with Purg- 

 ing, and corroborating or flrengthening Medicines. 

 And frfl of all give the Horfe this Purge. 



A Purge ^ake Aloes, one Ounce j Gamboge, 07ie Drachm ; 



lor the Sap-on in Ponder, tivo Drachms; Clo^'es, and 



rroply. ]sf^f„jegs, each one Drachm j Oil of Annifeed, ftxty 

 Drops ; S-^rrup of Buckthorn, as 7nuch as is fufficient 

 to make h into a Ball; ivhich 7nay be given in the 

 vfual JVay. Only when a Horfe is fubjeft to Drop- 

 '^ -^ ■ fical 



