92 Q/* ^^ Apoplexy, or 



from the known relaxing power of opium, 

 to give him half an ounce of ic, diflcjlved 

 Jn one of his glyfters, the good < rtects of 

 which were fo evident, by a crrneral a- 

 mendment, that he was encouraged to 

 continue it in the following manner. 



TAKE Mathews's pill, and afTa foe- 

 tida, of each an ounce : make into 

 a ball. 



This ball he gave for one dofe, and 

 repeated once -, and by this and the ufe of 

 the nervous medicines given twice a week, 

 and gentle purging, the horfe was perfed- 

 ly recovered. 



Rowels The ufe of rowels in thefe cafes is gene- 

 ibmetimes rally unfuccefsful, the fkin being, fo tenfe 

 of bad jjnd tight, that they feldom aigeft kindly, 

 q^ence. ^^^ fometrrnes mortify; fo that if they 



are applied, they fhould be put under the 



jaws, and in the bread. 



Remark. The red- hot iron fo frequently run 



through the foretop and mane, near the 



occipital bone, for this purpofc, has often 



..been found to have deftroyed the cervical 



lisrament. 



In 



