i68 Of MOLTEN-GREASE. 



both before and behind, and continue in 

 this dare till the blood and juices are 

 redified ; and if this is not done efFedlu- 

 ally. the farcy, or fome obftinate fur- 

 feic, generally follows, very difficult to 

 remove. 



The cure. \^ the firfl: place bleed plentifully, and 

 repeat it for two or three days fucceffive- 

 ]y in fmaller quantities ; two or three row- 

 els fhould alio be immediately put in, 

 and the cooling emollient glyfters, p. 34. 

 daily thrown up to abate the fever, and 

 drain off the greafy matter from the in- 

 teftines. By the mouth give plenty of 

 warm water, or gruel, with cream of tar- 

 tar, or nitre, to dilute and attenuate the 

 blood ; which in this caie is greatly dif- 

 pofed to run into grumes, and endanger a 

 totalftagnation. 



purging When the fever is quite gone off, and 

 wlien ne- ^\^^ horfe has recovered his appetite, gen- 

 tle aloetic purges fhould be given once a 

 vv'eek, for a month or fix weeks, in order 

 to bring down the fwelled legs ; but if 

 the purgative ingredient does not exceed 

 half an ounce, or fix drams of fine aloes, 

 5t only opens the belly gently *, and, with 

 the other medicines joined with it, pafTes 

 into the blood, adls as an alterative, and 



operates 



