4l6 ON STAG-EVIL, AND LOCKED JAW. 



gruel. I fiiould fuppofe camphor and nitre in 

 a glyfter, probable to be attended with good 

 efFetts in this cafe, and would recommend re- 

 peated trials of it. Should they be joined with • 

 the opium, or laudanum, or warm ipiced wine ? 

 The intent is to ftimulate, to excite warmth 

 and fenfibility, and I have been informed that 

 the difcharge of cold water upon a locked jaw 

 has been tried, but with very ill fuccefs. The 

 above cure was completed with feveral mild alo- 

 etic purges, in which were joined afafxtida, am- 

 momacum, and fafiPron ; Gibfon remarking, that 

 the common plantation aloe was more apt to 

 create, than cure nervous diforders. 



Of the Palsy in horfes, having no expe- 

 rience, I have nothing farther to fay, than that 

 I fuppofe the foregoing remedies applicable 

 thereto. The fame of the Lethargy or 

 Sleepy Evil; this lafL in a horfe full of cold, 

 vifcid juices, will be cured by bleeding, rowels, 

 infufions of the herbs, with muftard, horfe- 

 radifli, and parfley, acidulated with cremor 

 tartar, and fweetened with honey. Briflv purge 

 of aloes and jalap, or a mercurial purge. Cin- 

 nabar balls. It Ihould be remembered always 

 to acidulate the cooling herb drinks with 

 cremor tartar or lemon juice, as otherwife they 

 pall and difguft the ftomachs of horfes ; and 

 that generally, infufions in boiling water, are to 

 be preferred to decoBions. 



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