IMPROVED. aSi 



ho\i{es, frequently fophifticate it with half or two 

 thirds of Flowers of Sa/ Armoniack. 



Moft Preparations from Antimony are of Ufe in Antihefti- 

 the Farcin, as I faid before, particuhrly the Anti- c«m Poterii 

 he8kum Poterii may be given from two Drachms v^'l^!' :J? ^ 

 to half an Ounce every other Day. The Dofe may 

 be made up with a little of the Cordial Ball as Oc- 

 cafion requires ,- but of all Things the Owner mufl 

 have Patience, feeing, in thefe obftinate Cafes, the 

 very Crafis of the Blood mull be alter'd from a cor- 

 rupt and morbid to a healthful and balfamic State. 



Laftly, I Ihall fet down a Method of Cure, which 



have been told from good Hands hath often fuc- 

 cceded i particularly my old Friend the Farrier, whom 

 I took Occafion to mention before, told me he had 

 often cured the Farcin by fuch Means, when all 

 others he was able to try had failed. Before I fet 

 it down I mufl confefs to the Reader, that I cannot 

 give any right Reafon why fuch Pra6lice fhould re- 

 move the Diilemper, unlefs it be brought about 

 from the new Turn it gives the Blood and Juices : 

 For as my Friend told me he could make a Horfe 

 exceeding fick this Way, when he could no Way 

 do it by other Methods or Medicines which he ufed 

 in the Farcin, and his Method was this, which I fup- 

 pofe he had borrowed from De-Grey, for I fee the 

 fame in his Book. 



Take one Handful of the tendered Tops of Reeds, De Gr.y's 

 bruife them well in a Mortar, then mix about two-'^^'-'f^^^' °^ 

 Ounces of clear render'd Hog's-lard with it, and^'^/"ji. ^ 

 put it into the Horfe's Ears, flitching them up after- 

 wards, and let him fland tied up for twenty-four 

 Hours at leafl without Food. 



Put a little Wool upon the Compofition in each 

 :, Ear to keep it in the better, and after tv/ent;y-four 

 tlours unllitch the Ears and turn him to Grafs ; or, 

 15 De Grey tells us, he may be wrought after it, 

 %• the more he^s Jiirredy o.-nd the 7nore f^^are his Diet y 

 i he fooner he is cured. But we muil take De-Grey s 

 Vleaning to be with Relation to a fielhy Horfe, which 



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