■Part II. TerfeB Farrier. 1 5 1 



the Orvietw, which is an excellent Medicine in 

 nioft Difeafes for Horfes, efpecblly in the Cholick, 

 being given in Wine, and the Horfe being afterwards 

 walked and, well cover'd. All the Virtues of this 

 excellent Medicine, are fully enjoy'd by the EJfencQ 

 of Vipers , which is thus prepar'd. 



Take of purify" d Mire, pure Salt of ^ ^^ of 

 Sarth (to ve had oj thofc who make Yi pers# 

 Salt Peter) of each a pound. Dry them, 

 reduce them to poud.tr ; and mix them with four times 

 04 much Totters Earth fearc'd. Let the whole fiand 

 three or four days in an Earthen Van, in a Cellar, 

 till the Salts are diffolvd. Then reduce all to a 

 fort of Pafte, to be form'd into little Balls, of 

 thebignefs of fmall Nutts, adding fome drops of 

 Water^ if the Mafs be too dry. After.the Balls are 

 dry, put 'em into an Earthen Retort, dipilling them 

 as Aquafortis is ufually diftiil'd, and you will find 

 in the Recipient a Menfiruum, fit to diflblve Vipers. 

 Put this Liquor in a Ma crafs, with a moderate heat, 

 and throw to it a Liv* Viper-, which will quickly 

 expire, and afterwards melt away like Anchovy's in 

 Butter. Then pour off the clear liquor, after it has 

 fettled ', and referve it for the Bffence of Vipers, to 

 be mix'd with three parts of Deftilled Cordial Wa- 

 fers. 



The moft peculiar fign of the Wind Tbg w tna \ 

 Cholick is a fwelling of the Horfe 's Bo- cbolhk! 

 .dy, as if it were ready to burft, accom- 

 panied by the tumbling and toiling, common to the 

 other kinds of Cholkkj. 5 Tis frequently caus'd by 

 Tickling, 'Tiscur'd by bleeding in the Flanks, and 

 under the Tongue ; and walking him frequently 

 fometimes at a Trot, and fometimes at a Foot- 

 pace. If it continues, injedt the following Cly* 

 ficr. 



Take two ounces of the Drofs of Liver of Antimony^ 

 in fine ponder j boiYem a little^ butu very briskly-) in five 



fints 



