70 Of Cnref Phy fecal. Lib. I. 



the Mourning of the Chine doth ever caft fome filthy Matter froiathe 

 Nofe, and the dry Malady never cafteth forth any thing. 



The Signs to know this dry Malady or Confumption, are theie : His 

 Fleih, and ftrong eftate of Body will confume and wafte away, the Belly 

 will be gaunt, his Back-bone hid, and his Skiii fo ftretched or ihrunk up, 

 that if you ftrike upon him with your hand, it will found hollow like a 

 Tabor ^ his Hair will hardly ihed, and either he will utterly deny his 

 Meat, or the Meat he eateth will not digeft, prolper, or breed any Fleih 

 on his Body ^ he will offer to Cough, but cannot, except in a faint man- 

 ner, as though he had eaten fmall Bones ^ and truly, according to the 

 Opinion of others, fo I find by mine own Praftice of fifty Years, that it 

 is incurable ^ yet that a Horie may be long preferved to do much Ser- 

 vice, I have found it by thefe helps : Firft, to purge his Head with fuch 

 Fumes and pills as are good for the Glanders, which you may find in the 

 Chapter of Turgations^ then give him Colewarts fmall chopt with his Pro- 

 vender, and now and then the blood of a fucking Pig warm. 



There be other well-experienced Men, that inftead of the Blood, will 

 give either the Juice of Leeks mixt with Oil and Wine, or elfe Wii:e 

 lO* ^"d Frankincenfe, or Sallet-Oil, and the Juice of Rue mixt together : 

 But in my Conceit, the beft Cure, is, to purge his Body clean with com- 

 fortable and gentle Purges, and then to be fuffered to run at Grals, 

 both for a Winter and a Summer, and there is no queftion but he muft 

 necefiariiy end or mend, for languifh long he cannot. 



Chap. LVII. Of the Canfetmption of the Fleps 



THIS Diieafe which we call the Confumption of the Fleih, is an 

 unnatural ©r general diflike, or Falling away of the xvhole Body, 

 or, (as we term it,) the Wafting of the Fleih, which proceedeth from 

 divers Grounds ^ as namely, fi'om inward Surfeits, either by naughty 

 Food, or ill Diet, or from unclean, moill and ftinking Lodging, but 

 efpecially from diforderly Labour, as by taking great and fudden Colds, 

 after violent heat, or fuch like ', all which procure the wafting or falling 

 away of the Flefh. The Signs whereof are thefe : Firft, an unnatural 

 and caufelels Leannefs, a dry and hard Skin cleaving hard to his Sides, 

 want of Stomach or Appetite to his Meat, a falling away of his Fillets, 

 and a general Confumption both of his Buttocks and Shoulders: The Cure 

 whereof, according to the Ancients, is. To take a Sheep's Headunflayed, 

 ■^nd boil it in a Gallon and a half of Ale, or Running- Water until the 

 Fleih be confamed from the Bones ; then ftrain it through a Cloath, and 

 put thereto of Sugar half a Pound, of Cinnamon one Ounce, of Con- 

 ier/e of Rofes, of Barberries, and of Cherries, of each one Ounce ; 

 mingle them together, and give the Horfe every Morning a Quart there- 

 of Juke-^varm, till two Sheeps-heads be fpent j and after every time he 



drink- 



