%i6 The Compkat Horfeman: or y 



cooling Medicines \ yet Horfes, who are free from 

 fitch Commotions, ftand rarely in need of cooling 

 Remedies. However, for a Beating of the Flanks, 

 and a bak'd Drinefs of the Dung, three or four 

 Ctyfiers, with two Ounces of Sal Polychresl, to each 

 Clyfter,, are of very good ufe. 



Tho' I have noDefign to invade a 

 Medi*i»e% Phyfcian's Province, I cannot but take 

 Men. notice of an excellent Preparation of 



Sal VolychreU of peculiar ufe to Men, 

 in Obftm&ions of the Bowels, Stoppage of the 

 Lungs, Spitting of Blood, and Falls \ which purges 

 gently without heating the Body. 'Tis this : "take 

 Sal Polychreft, diffolve it in Water, ftrain the Water , 

 and hoi I it till there ap fears a Film on the Top ; then put 

 it into a Wooden Veffel, and fet it to cryftallife in a 

 Cellar. Then take four Drams of thefe Chryftals, one 

 Stalk of Liquorice beaten, two Pugils of the Flowers of 

 double Damask Rofes, either frefh or dry -, or, inftead 

 of thefe, of Violet Flowers. Put all into an Earthen 

 Tot, with a Quart of boiling Water, and let them ftand 

 in Jnfufton all Night. In a Morning drink a large 

 Glafsful of the Water, and another about an Hour 

 after. You may likewife diffolve half an Ounce of 

 thefe Chryfials, in two Quarts of Water, for a Diet- 

 drink, to be ufed at Meals. 



The true Preparation of the G al- 

 ike Golden j m Sulphur f Antimony is as follows : 

 Sulphur or An- ^ 1 r r , A . J n j 



timoni. * a * e °f cru " e Antimony, two Founds ; 



Tartar, a Pound ; fine Nitre, half a 

 Tound ', male a Regulus according to Art, and boil the 

 Scoriae in afufficient Quantity of Water, fiirring it from 

 time to time till part of the Scoriae be diffolved. Fil- 

 trate the Solution through brown paper, and re- 

 ferve the ftrain'd Liquor. At the fame time, boil a 

 fufficient Quantity of Tartar in Wine, (lining it till it 

 be diflblv'd, which will require a confiderable time. 

 Then p our by degrees the Solution of the Tartar upon the 



Solution 



