of the Lax and Scouring, t£c. - 147 



TAKE zedoary, gentian, Winter's The 

 bark, and orange peel, of each two ^^mach 

 ounces ; pomegranate bark and ba- 

 Jauftine, of each an ounce •, camo- 

 inile flowers and centaury, each a 

 handful •, cinnamon and cloves, each 

 an ounce: infufe in a gallon of Port 

 or £lrong beer. 



The bloody flux is a diflemper horfes q-j^^ 

 are not very fubjecfl to *, however, as it bloody 

 fometimes does occur, whenever blood fiux de- 

 is difcharged, attended with gripings, Scribed, 

 and great pain in bowels, if the flux 

 is not fpeedily refl:rained, the horfe pro- 

 bably may foon be lofl; -, we recommend 

 therefore the following glyller and drink 

 for that purpofe. 



TAKE oak bark four ounces, tor-Areftrin- 

 mentil root two ounces, burnt hartf- S^'"^ sb'^" 

 horn three ounces •, boil in three 

 quarts of forge- water to two : ftrain 

 oflf, and add two ounces of diafcor- 

 dium, four ounces of ftarch, and 

 half a dram of opium. 



A glyfter may alfo be prepared with 

 the fame quantity of fat brorh, flarch, 

 and opium, in order to plaifter over the 



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