Lib. I. Of Cures Phyfual, 8i 



Chap. LXXII. Of the Yellows cr Jaundice. 



AS before I faid, from the Obftru£lions or Overflowin<^s of the Gall 

 and Spleen, doth Iprinp this Difeale v/hich ciir common Smiths 

 call the Yellows, and our better Farriers the Jaundice :, andyouilval' 

 underftand, that of this Yellows or Jhu -dice, 'lere are two Kinds, the firft 

 an overflowing of Choler, proceedi^.g from the Sicknefs of the Gall, and 

 it is called fimply the Yellows, or Yellow- jaundice j becaufe the outward 

 parts of the Body, as Eyes, Skin, Mouth, infide of the Lips, and tlie 

 like, are dried and coloured Yellow : The other an overflow iiig of Me- 

 lancholy, proceeding from the Sicknefs o'i^ the Spleen, and is called the 

 Black- Yellows, or Black-Jaundice, becaufe all the outward Parts are 

 Black. Now both thefe Jaundice, or Yellows have their beginnings 

 from the Evils of the Liver ^ the Yellow- jaundice, when the Liver by- 

 Inflammation hath all its Blood converted into Choler, and fo over- 

 whelms the Body :, and the Black-Jaundice, when fome Obftrudions in 

 the Liver-vein, which goeth to the Spleen, hinder the Spleen from doing 

 his Office, and receiving the Dregs of Blood from the Liver, or elfe 

 when the Spleen is i'urcharged with fuch Dregs of Blood, and fo fiieddeth 

 them back again into the Veins. 



Kow although this Diftindion of the Black-Jaundice, or Black- Yel- 

 lows, will appear ftrange unto our Common Farriers, yet it is mofl: cer- 

 tain, that whenlbever a Horie dieth of the Yellows, he dieth only of 

 the Black- Yellows : For when it cometh unto the Gale of Mortality, 

 then are all the inward Powers converted to Blacknefs, and the Yellow 

 Subftance is clean maftered : But whilft the Matter is Yellow, fb long 

 the Horle's Body is in good State of Recovery. Befides, thefe Yellows 

 do ever follow one the other, and the lefTer hath no fooner got pre-emi- 

 nence,but the greater purfues him ^ of all the inward Difeafes in a Horle's 

 Body, that is moft common, ofteneftin Praftice, and yet moft Mortal, 

 it it be not early prevented. The figns of this Difeafe of Yellow-Jaun- 

 dice, are Yelbwnefs of hi^ Eyes, Koftrils, infide of the Lips, the Skin, 

 the Yard, and the Urine : His Ears and his Flank will fweat, and he will 

 Groan when he lieth down, and he will not only be faint,but utterly for- 

 fake his Meat alio. The Cures which are at this Day in Praftice for this 

 Difeafe, are infinite, and a World of them Corrupt an.d Poiibnous : E- 

 very Smith almoft making a Medicine of his own Invention, God knows 

 weak, and little to the Purpole, but for the beft Receipts, which are at this 

 Day are ufed by by any good Farriers whatlbever, I will deliver you the 

 whole Catalogue. 



Firfl, For the antient Farriers both Italian and French, they did ufe to 

 take of Thyme and Cum.min, of each a like Quantity, and {tamping 

 them together, to mingle it with Wine, Honey, and Watery and tlien 

 toiethimBloodinthePafterns. " M But 



