2 1$6 The Compleat Horfeman : or^ 



Take of common Parfley Roots drfd 



-ci*P it in the fi a d e , tn° pounds • grains of Pa- 

 cihck for the ,. J A- j f m '* . , y . . 



Cholick. radice, and Rinds of Oranges, dry d and 



reduced to pouder, of each a pound ', Pi- 

 geons dung, half a pound. Make a coarfe pouder, to be 

 kept in a Leather Bag. 



A choice Re Th ° fe wb ° 3re curious ' ma y pre- 



medf for the P ar . e the following dulcify'd Spirit 5 

 cholick. which indeed,isanexcellent,and with- 



al a cheap and durable Remedy. Tak? 

 of Spirit of Nitre about half a pound, pour it by 

 drops upon a a equal quantity of the beft Spirit of 

 Wine, to prevent too violent an Ebullition. After 

 the Agitation ceafes, put the whole liquor in a C«- 

 curbit, with its Head and Receiver, and diftil with 

 a gentle Sand heat -, Cohobating or repeating the 

 Diftillation of the Liquor that comes over four 

 feveral times * by which means the Spirit will 

 unite and become fweet. Give a dram and a half 

 or two drams of this Spirit in White-Wine ; and an 

 ounce and a half, or two ounces in an ordinary 

 Clyfter. 



If thefe Medicines prove fucceflefs, give the 

 Horfe two fttnking Pills in a pint of Wine, and an 

 hour after a Clyfter, repeating the fame Dofe a 

 iecond or third time, if the pain ftili continues. 

 This is only proper, after the Trial of other Me- 

 dicines* 



The cboihk Sometimes a Horfe is feiz'd with a 



from a fup- ChoUck, in which he cannot ftale. 

 prejpon of 7* h e caufes are either Obftructions in 

 Unne. the ^ tQ ^ f tne Bladder, or an In- 



flammation of the Bladder, or (tho* very rarely) 

 Sand and Gravel. Without timely affiftance, this 

 Cholick, proves mortal. You may know it by thefe 

 Signs •, he tumbles and rifes often, he offers in vain 

 to ftale; oftentimes his body fwells, and fometimes 

 he fweats about the Flanks. The Cure muft 



commence 



