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CHAP. XXVI. 0/ the Strangle. 



THe Strangle (howfoever our old Farriers make a long Difcourfe 

 thereof) is not (as they fuppofe) a kind of Quinzy, but a mean 

 Inflammation of the Throat, proceeding from fome Cbolerick or 

 Bloody Fluxion, which comes out of the Branches of the Throat- 

 Veins into thofe Parts, and there breedeth fome hoc Infl-^mmation, 

 being ftirred up either by fome great Winter-cold, or cold taken after 

 Labour.: it is a great and a hard SvvelHng between the Horfe*s nether 

 ChapSj upon the Roots of the Horfe's Tongue, and about his Throat, 

 which Swelling, if it be not prevented, will flop the Horfe's Wind- 

 Pipe, and fo ilrangle or choak him : from which Effed:, and noiic 

 Other, the Name of this Difeafe took its Derivation. The ^ig'ns 

 of this Difeafe, befides the apparent Sign thereof, and the palpable 

 Feeling of the fame, is, the Horfe's Temples of his Head will be hol- 

 low, and his Tongue will hang out of his Mouth, his Head and Eyes 

 will be fwoln, and the PalTage of the Throat fo ftopt, that he can nei- 

 ther eat nor drink, and his Breach will be exceeding ihort. The Cure 

 thereof according to the mofl ancient Farriers, is, with a round fmall 

 hoc Iron, to thruft a Hole through the Skin on both Sides che Wezand, 

 and then afcer it beginneth to Matter, to mix Butter, Tanners Water, 

 and Salt together, and every Day anoint the Sore therewith 'till it be 

 whole. Others of the ancient Farriers ufe firft to bathe the Horfe's 

 Mouth and Tongue with hot Water, and then anoint the fore Place 

 with the Gall of a Bull ; that done, give him this Drink : Take of old 

 Oil two Pound, of' old Wine a Quart, nine Figs, and nine Leeks- 

 Heads well ftamped and brayed together, and after you . ;ive boiled 

 thefe a while, before you ftrain them, put unto them a little Nitrum 

 Alexandrinum, and give him' a Quart of this every Morning and 

 Evening. Alfo you may if you vyill, let him Blood in the Palate of 

 the Mouth, and pour Wine and Oil into his Noftrils, and alfo give 

 him to drink the Deco6lion of Figs and Nitrum fodden together, or 

 elfe to anoint his Throat within with Nitre, Oil, and Honey, or elfe 

 with Honey and Hogs Dung, mix'd together. Other Farriers ufe to 

 rowel the Horfe under his Throat, and to draw the Rowel twice or 

 thrice a Day, anointing it with frefli Butter, and keeping his Head 

 warm. Others of our later and better experienced Farriers, ufe firft, . 

 fif his Years will permit him) to let the Horfe Blood in the Neck- Vein, 

 then to lay to the Sore this ripening Plaifter : Take of Mallows, Lin- 

 feed, Rue, Smallage, and Ground-Ivy, of each a like Quantity, boil 

 thefe together in the Grounds of Beer then put to it Ibme Oil de Bay^ 

 and a little Dialthea, then take it off the Fire, and make of it a 

 Plaifler, and lay it to the Sore, fulFering the Horfe ^to drink no -cold 



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