IMPROVED. 2S7 



is often brought on from Over-heating and Cooling 

 too fail, from low Feeding, Sec. And I have ob- 

 ferved, that the Lime-burners Horfes are very fub- 

 j-?6l to the Scab, w^hich I think may proceed from 

 the Lime falling upon them, which. fo heats and 

 dries their Skins, that the Pores and Excretory 

 Dudls of the Miliary Glands are obflrudted and 

 drawn together in fuch Manner that the perfpirable 

 Matter cannot fly off, but is ftopp'd between the 

 Cutis and Cuticula, and there corrupts and frets the 

 Parts, fo that both the true and Scarf-Skin appear 

 Ytij Ugly and full of Wrinkles. 



There are a vr.fl I > umber of NoHrums or pre- The Cure, 

 tended never-failing Receipts for the Scab in Horfes -, 

 but I ihali in a few Words Ihew what is, of all, 

 the moll effeftual and fafe Method to be med in 

 fuch Cafes. 



Firji then, if the Horfe be fcabbed from Poverty, 

 he fhould change his Manner of Living : For, Dif- 

 eafes { as I have often faid ) are cured by their Con- 

 traries. And tho' Bleeding is not abfolutely ne- 

 zeflary in lean Horfes troubled with this Diftemper, 

 ^'et I think both that and Purging are fo when 

 ±t Horfe is full of Flefh : And in either Cafe, I 

 mean whether the Horfe is fat or lean, let the 

 following Ointment take Place. 



Take Oil of Bays, ( ov evtn frejh Butter, ) ff;»?^ Mercurial 

 Pound i ^dckfilver, four Ounces \ Oil of Turpen-^^^^'^^^^ 

 'ine, t'-WQ Ounces ; black Soap, four Ounces, Mix 0^35^^ 

 he Oil of Turpentine and ^ickfilver well, then the 

 ^lack Soap and Oil of Bays ; but mind to rub the 

 3:ntrnent a long Time 'till none of the Particles of 

 he Mercury appeir to a young Eye; for by this 

 t is render'd n.uch more eiFe61;uai in removing the 

 )Cab. Rub the Hoife all over in the Sun, or by a 

 Mre of Furz, cr the like. But I own the Scab is 

 bonell cured in tlie Soring when the San begins 

 ha\'e Power, :ind when Grafs has Juice and f ced- 

 ng in It J and i believe the above Quantity will be 



fufhcient 



