go Of Cures Phyfical, Lib. I. 



Now for the Store in the GaD, which is of a Biackifh. Colour, it co- 

 meth from the Obil:ruftion of the Conduits of the Bladder, whereby 

 the Choler being too long kept in, becometh dry. and fo converteth firft 

 into Gra\^el, and after into a ibllid and hard Stone, of which both the 

 Signs and Cures are thole laft before rehearfed. 



C H A p. LXXI. Of all fuch Difeafes as are incident to the Spleen* 

 f"nr^ H E Spleen is a long, narrow, fiat, fpongy Subftance, of a Pale 

 JL Fleihy Colour, joyning with the Liver and the Gall, it is the Re- 

 ceptacle of Melancholy, and the dregs of the Blood, and is as fubjeft 

 to hifirmity as any inward Member whatfbever, as to Inflammations, Ob- 

 ftrudions. Knobs, and Swellings ", it is through the Sponginefs, apt to 

 iiick in all manner of Filth, and to dilate and fpread the fame over the 

 whole Body , The appearance thereof is on the Left-fide under the Short 

 Ribs, where you fhall perceive Ibme fmall Swelling, which SweUing 

 gives much Grief to the Midriff, efpecially after a full Stomach, taking 

 away much more of the Horfe's Digefl:ion than his Appetite, and being 

 fufFered to continue, it makes faint the Heart, and growsjin the End to a 

 hard Knob, or Stony Subflance. 



This Dileafe, or Difeafes of the Spleen, are incident to Horfes mofl 

 m the Summer, proceeding from the Surfeit or greedy Eating of green 

 Meats. The figns of which Difeafes are thefe, Heavinefs, Dulnefs, 

 pain on the Left-fide, and hard Swellings, Short,breath, much Groan- 

 ing, and an over-hafty defire to his Meat. The Cure, according to the 

 Opinion of our beft Farriers, is, to make the Horfe fweat either by 

 Labour or Cloaths, then to give him to drink a Quart of White-wine, 

 wherein hath been boiled the Leaves of Tamarisk bruifed, and a good 

 quanticy of Cummin-feed beaten to Powder, and give it Luke-warm. 

 Others ufe, after the Florle hath fweat, to pour into his Koflril every 

 Day the Juice of Myrabolans, mixt with Wine and Water, to the 

 quanty of a Pint. Others take Cummin-feed and Honey, of each fix 

 Ounces, of Laferpitium. as much as a Bean, of Vinegar a Pint, and put 

 all thefe into three Quarts of Water, and let it fland fo all Night, ^ and 

 give the Horfe a Quart th:reof next Morning, having fafled all Night. 

 Others make the Horfe to drink of Gar lick, Nitrum, Hare-hound, and 

 Wormwood Ibdden in a fharp Wine, and to bathe all the Horfe's Left- 

 fide with warm Water, and to rub it hard. There be other which ufe to 

 Gauterife or Scarify the Horfe's Left-fide with a hot Iron ^ but it is Bar- 

 carpus and Vile, and carrieth no Judgment in the Praftice. 



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