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thrice a day, applying over it a poultice 

 made with oatmeal, oil, and vinegar, 

 which fhould be continued till the fwell- 

 ing grows foft and eafier, or the gut is 

 returned. In the mean time it would be 

 proper to throw up emollient oily glyders 

 twice a day, and to let the horfe's chief 

 diet be boiled barley, fcalded malt, or 

 bran. 



Should the fwelling afterwards return, Reflrin- 

 we apprehend the reltringent applications S^^^^^ ^ 

 ufually recommended on thefe occafions, ^^^^^*^ 

 will avail little without a fufpenfory ban- 

 dage ; fo that an ingenious mechanic in 

 that art is chiefly to be relied on for 

 any future alTiftance ; though it has been 

 obferved, that with moderate feeding, 

 and gentle exercife, fome horfes have 

 continued to be very ufeful under this 

 complaint. 



The anticor is a diforder not very com- The ais^ 

 mon among our Englifh horfes, or thofe^^'".^^^'^"* 

 ill northern climates : but it is particularly 

 taken notice of by the French, Spanidi, 

 and Italian writers*, who dtfcribe it a 

 malignant fwelling in the breafi:,^ which 

 extends fometimes to the very Iheath un- 

 der the belly ; it is attended wirh a fever, 

 great deprefllons and weaknefs, and a 



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