Part It FerfeB farrier. 333 



CHAP. XXXIL 



Of Worms, BotSy or TrunchionSy bred in the 

 Body of a Horfe. 



WOrms are the Produft of crude undigefied 

 Humours. The Remedies prefcrib'd againfc 

 Worm Cholich are proper on this occafion. To which 

 we may add the following Powder. 



Take the Seeds of Cor Under , Lettuce , A Powder for 

 Rape s, and Colewort, of each two Ounces *, Worms. 

 Zedoary, an Ounce \ Shavings of Harts- 

 horn, four Ounces : Make a Powder. Dofe, two Ounces 

 a Day with Oats or Bran moiften'd with Wim^ 

 for twelve Days together \ after which, give your 

 Horfe a proper Purge ; for Purgation is always 

 necefTary in this cafe. 



The following Remedy is alfo very A Sud miU 

 proper for killing Worms. Take an Ounce c ine$or ivoms 

 of the Filings of Steel, mix'd, with moi- 

 jlen'd Bran ', give it to your Horfe daily, till he has 

 eaten a whole Found, and then purge him. This 

 Steel Courfe is very proper for Horfes return'd from 

 the Camp, or from a long Journey •, for Worms are 

 often-times the hidden Cuufe of their not thriving. 

 Befides, Steel is an excellent Medicine againft all 

 Obftrudtions whatfoever. 



The Powder of Earth-worms dry'd in an Oven, in 

 an Earthen- Pot, cover'd, after they have vomited 

 up ail their Filth by lying fix Hours in clean Wa- 

 tery giving every Morning from one to two Ounces 

 in a Quart of good Wine for feven or eight Days, is 

 an cffe&ual Remedy againft Worms. 



GHAP. 



