320 The Compleat Hmtfeman : or, 



but not mortal, unlefs it be accompanied with a 

 Fever. Horfes once feiz'd with it are ufually flib- 

 je& to it afterwards. 



The Cure is performed by a frequent repetition 

 of Bleeding, Clyfters, and Cordial Remedies. For 

 Clyfters, 1 refer you to the foregoing Chapters. 

 As for Cordials, you have the Elettuary of Kermes, 

 the Cordial Powder, the Lieutenant's Powder, and 

 the Cordial Balls, which are to be repeated every 

 Day, or at leaft once in two Days. If the Palpita- 

 tion be accompanied with a vehement beating in 

 the Flanks, give him a quart of a Cordial Mixture, 

 of the Waters of Vifers-grafs, Scabious, Cardum Bene- 

 ditlus, and Rofes, with an ounce of the Confection of 

 Hyacinth without Mw\ or Ambergreefe, and one 

 of the Cordial Balls reduced to Powder, rinfingthe 

 Pot and Horn with half a pint of the fame Cordial 

 Waters. Or, 



Take Buglofs, Borrage, and Bawm, of 

 An eafy Re- eac fj a h aj7 dful ; boil 'em in a fuffcient 



rnedy for a Quantity of Water for the fpace of 

 Palpitation >- f/ , J^' r J T1 J f ... , J 



of the Heart. " a *f a Qj iarter °J an Hour, till the 

 Water be reduced to a Pint. Then re- 

 moving it from the Fire, add two Handfvls of Sorrel, 

 and let it ft and till it be cold. Diffolve in the 

 ftrained Liquor, an Ounce and a half if the Confervt 

 of Rofes, half an Ounce of the Confection of Hya- 

 cinth without Musk or Ambergreefe, and ten Grains of 

 Saffron. Make your Horfe drink it lukewarm, and 

 two Hours after, give him an Emollient Clyfter, 

 with Sal Polychreft, repeating the Clyfter every 

 fix Hours, and the Potion once a Day ; keeping 

 him to a fpare Diet of moiftened Bran, without 

 Oats, and walking him frequently at a Foot-pace, 

 When the Palpitation is perfectly cur'd, 'twill be 

 convenient to give him the Purge prefcribed in the 

 foregoing Chapter, walking him next Day till the 

 Evacuation is quite over: After which, you may 



give 



