a 52 The Compleat Horfeman: or, 



pints of Beer. With three or four Ounces of good Oil 

 of Bay ^ make a C/y/er to be injected luke- warm, and 

 repeated every two hours. But the moft efFe&ual 

 Expeller of Wind, is three or four Ounces of the fol- 

 lowing Oil in the ordinary Clyfters. 

 . c . Take Rue, Calamint-, wild Marjo- 



tive Oil for ram * m ^ fenny -Royal, *H dr?d in the 

 Clyfters, Jhade, of each one handful ; feeds of Cum- 

 min, Carrots, and Fennel, and Bayber- 

 ries, of each an Ounce *, Oil Olive, two Pounds ; White 

 Wine a pint. Pound the Herbs, bruife the Seeds*, 

 and put alltogether' in an Earthen glaz'd Pot, 

 covering it with another Pot fomewhat lefs, and 

 luted with Clay or Pafte. Boil 'em over a flow 

 Fire about fix houn. After it has half cool'd, ftrain 

 out the Oil y and add four Ounces of the Pulp of Colo- 

 quintida. Then put the Oil again into the fame 

 Pot, covering and luting it as before: And boil it 

 with a gentle heat, fix or eight hours ; after which, 

 let it boil briskly half an hour, and after it is half 

 cool'd uncover the Pot, and prefs out the Oil, which 

 is a cheap durable Medicine, and more efFe&ual 

 than any other Ingredient in Carminative Clyfters. 

 rjbe A Cholick taking rife from a fharp 



Bet orcZul S lafl V Mrtegm, is at once more occult, 

 and more fatal than any of the pre- 

 ceding kinds. In this Difeafe, which is often ufher'd 

 in by a Loofenefs of a day's ftanding, the Horfe 

 fweats in the Flanks and Ears-, he endeavours in 

 vain to Dung *, what Excrements he voids are few, 

 and moftly Phlegm, that cannot be fepirated from 

 the Guts without great pain *, after fuch an Evacu- 

 ation he has a moment of eafe,and feems to be per- 

 fectly cur'd •, but his Torments return in an Inftant, 

 , attended by a lofs of Appetite, a frequent lyi»g 

 down, and ftarting up, and a looking upon his 

 Flank* 



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