v$> The Contphat Horfeman : or y 



la any time of the Year, you may ufe in the like 

 irianuerrjjf Ponder of the rinds of Fomegranats, Roman 

 Vitriol and Allum, in equal quantities *, and it will 

 keep long without loflng its vertue. 



CHAP. vnr. 



Of the Vives. 



THEVives is a Swelling and Inflammation of 

 the Glands and Kernels of the Keck, which 

 ftraitens the Windpipe, and occasions fuch a diffi- 

 culty of breathing and uneafinefs, that the Horfe 

 frequently lies down and ftarts up again, and tum- 

 bles about ftrangely. The Caufes are, drinking, or 

 being expofed to cold after a violent heat, in which 

 cafe the humours being melted down, fall too plenti- 

 fully upon the Kernels gating too large a quantity of 

 Barley ,Oats,Whea tor Rye;aKd feveral other caufes, 

 owing to the Jndifcretion of the Rider or Groom. 



Unlefs the Vive s be fo large, that 

 'A Remedy for the Horfe is in prefent danger of be- 

 tbe Vivtu ing ftified, I would not advife you to 



open it. The better way is to rot 

 them, by taking hold of the Kernel with a pair of 

 . Pincers or Pliers, and beating the Swelling gently, 

 with the handleofafhoeing'Hammcr, or bruifing 

 the tumours with your hand, till they are fufficiently 

 foften'd : After which they will certainly difappear. 

 But this method mud not commence, till the Swel- 

 ling is ripe, which is known by the eafy feparation 

 of the Hair from the Skin, when one plucks it 

 with his hand. The place where the inflam'd Ker- 

 nel lies, is ti at'd by bending the Horfes Ear down- 

 wards towards his Throat, near the Cheek-bone-, 

 md in that plfgcc where it touches the Skin, is the 



Inflammation, 



