*4 Tin: COMPLETE FAIUUEU. 



2 oz. of Squills. 

 1 do. Camphor. 

 f do. Castile Soap. 

 i do. Turpentine. 

 4 do. Yellow Resin. 



Make these into a ball with honey, and give one ounce at a time. 

 These balls will work the water off by urine. When the horse has 

 been treated in this manner till the water is evacuated, and he begins 

 to recover, give him a pint of the following infusion every day for a 

 fortnight, fasting, and let him fast one hour after each dose : 



4 oz. of Gentian Root. 

 4 do. Black Hellebore. 

 2 do. Jesuit's Bark. 

 4 do. Camomile Flowers. 



1 Handful of Centaury. 



Boil all together in six quarts of water, for ten minutes, let it stand 

 till cool, and the strain it through a cloth. This strengthening 

 drink will brace the fibres, cause the fluids to circulate quicker, and 

 complete the cure. 



SPRAINS. 



All kinds of Sprains resemble each other. They are a relaxation of 

 the tendinous fibres, from the muscular parts being overstretched. 



A SPRAIN IN THE BACK. 



Sprains in the back are mostly caused by overweighting the horse, 

 or by his loosing his hind feet on the side of a hill ; and sometimes by 

 putting him back too quickly. There is much difference between a 

 Sprain in the back, and what is called tided in the back. Sometimes 

 a horse catches cold in his loins by having his clothes or his saddle, 

 taken off when he is hot, and being turned out of doors : and some 

 horses are subject to Rheumatics, which make them lame in many 

 places, and are generally taken for Sprains. 



To cure a Sprain in the back, first bleed pretty freely, and then give 



the following drink : 



1 oz. of Tincture of Guaiacum. 

 1 do. Balsam Capivi. 

 1 do. Oil of Juniper. 



To be put into a quart of strong parsley-root tea ; half to be given 

 at night, half in the morning, and plenty of warm water to work 

 them off 



Also, lay a sheep's skin with the flesh side to his loins for six or 

 eight hours, if he can bear it ; and then turn the wool side to him, and 

 let it stay on a day ; and when you take it off, sheet him well for fear 

 of catching cold. Also, make a plaster of the following: 



2 oz. of Oxycroseum. 

 2 do. Paracellis. 



2 do. Red Dominion. 

 2 do. Burgundy Pitch. 



Melt all together, and lay them on pretty warm, and put a little 

 wool, clipped short, on the charge while hot, and then pour on a little 



