338 ON EPIDEMIC COLDS. 



VARIOUS FORMS. 



No. 1. Infusion for a fresh cold and 

 COUGH, FROM GiBSON. Take hyfTop, colts- 

 foot, penny-royal, and horehound, of each a 

 handful ; fix cloves of frefh garlic, peeled and 

 cut fmall, linfeed, and frefh anifeed poM'dered, 

 each one ounce ; liquorice half an ounce ; faf- 

 fron one drachm ; infufe in two quarts boiling 

 water clofe covered ; w^arm a quart of this in- 

 fufion, and dififolve in it four ounces of honey, 

 to be given fading, letting the horfe Hand two 

 hours before he has meat or water. Scabious, 

 rocket, agrimony, and the carminative feeds 

 anife, cummin, coriander, fennel, Sec. are ufed 

 in this intention. 



No. 2. A COMMON INFUSION OR COOL-. 



ING DRINK. Take groundfel, ground-ivy, rue, 

 rofemary, mallows, balm, fage, parfley, or as 

 many of them, or of hmilar qualities, as are 

 at hand, of each a double handful, corn pop- 

 pies one handful, boil in live quarts of foft 

 water to three— drain and fweeten v/ith honey 

 or treacle. 



No. 3. The CoRPiAL Powder. Anifeeds, 

 clicampane, liquorice, bay -berries, grains of 

 paradife, juniper-berries, (lone-brimftone, equal 

 quantities all finely powdered, Mix well and 

 keep clofe corked for ufe. The dofe from one 

 to tliree ounces, in warm ale fwectcned with 



honey, 



