292 Of the GREASE. 



following, fpread on thick cloths, and 

 rolled on. 



A clean- .T A K E of black foap/ one pound ; 

 ling pouL honey, half a pound; burnt alum, 



^^ce. four ounces J verdigreafe powdered, 



two ounces; wheat- flour, a fufficienc 



quantity. 



are necef- 

 lary 



When al- If the diuretic balls Ihould not fuccced, 

 teratives ^ they muft be changed for the antimonial 

 and mercurial alteratives, already men- 

 tioned ; but turning a horfe out in a field, 

 where he has a hovel or (bed to run to 

 at pleafure, would greatly contribute to 

 quicken the cure, and indeed would in ge- 

 neral efFedt it alone •, but if this cannot be 

 complied with, let him be turned out in 

 the day-time. 



A large If the horfe is not turned out, a large 

 itall necef- and convenient flail is abfolutely necef- 

 W* fary, with good dreffing and care: this 

 ftali fhould be fix feet wide, that a tall 

 horfe may (hoot out his legs at length, 

 fo that the blood may circulate freely, 

 w^ithout meeting with refiftance, which 

 it naturally muft, when a horfe lies all 

 on a heap, or with his legs under him : 

 nor fhould the ftable be paved with too 

 great a declivity ; for if the horfe flands 



too 



