174 C/ Surfeits, Mange, and 



2L fortnight \ and> if attended with fuccels, 

 repeated for a fortnight longer. 



How The powders above-mentioned may 



given. alfo be given with the horfe's corn ; or ^ 

 ilrong decodLton of guaiacum fhavings^ 

 or logwood, may be given ilone to the 

 quanticy of two quarts a day. ThefCi 

 and indeed all alterative medicines, muft 

 be continued for a long time, where the 

 diforder proves obflinate. 



Hide- The diet (hould be cool and opening, 



bound, as fcalded bran or barley ; and if the 

 how treat- j^Qj.fg \^ hide-bound, an ounce of fenu- 

 greek feeds fhould be given in his feeds 

 for a month or lono-er: and, as this dif- 

 order often proceeds from worms, give 

 the mercurial phyfick too, and afterwards 

 the cinnabar powders, as above direded ; 

 but as in general it is not an original dif- 

 eafe, but a fymptom only of many, in 

 the cure, regard muft be had to the firft 

 caufe : thus, -is it is an attendant on fur- 

 feits, fevers, worms, i^c. the removal 

 of this complaint muft be variouflyef- 

 fedled. 



The ^" a mangy horfe the fkin is generally 



mange de- tawny, thick, and full of wrinkles, efpe- 

 fcribed. cially about the mane, the loins, and tail ; 



and 



