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of crude cold Humours *, if they be W3try, they 

 denote a great Weaknefs of the Stomach. Loofeneffes 

 occafioned by drinking cold Water in Summer, or 

 melted Snow, or eating tender Grafs, or other 

 loofening Things, are not to be regarded : But 

 thofe which come without a manifeft External 

 Caufe, ought never to be negle&ed. 



As for the Cure : If the Excrements are rnix'd 

 with fmall Pieces or Scrapings of the Guts •, you 

 mull immediately endeavour to prevent a fatal 

 Ulcer in thofe Parts, by giving two or three times 

 a Day a Pint of a cooling [of tning Decotlion; viz. Of 

 two Ounces of Barley, the like Ouantity of the Roots of 

 Adarfh-mallows, and an Ounce of the Powder of Sal 

 Prunelk, boil'd in three Quarts of Water to a Ouart* 

 If the Diftemper iscaufed by Flegm, you muffliave 

 recourfe to Cordial Powders, or Pills, and other hot 

 Remedies, capable to ftrengthen the Stomach and 

 relaxated Parts. 



Sometimes a Loofenefs is a feafonable Effort of 

 Nature, to free it felf of a troublefome Load of 

 Humours : But if it continues above three Days, 

 with the Lofs of Appetite, it muft be feafonably 

 check'd •, for fometimes Horfes are foundered by its 

 long Continuance. 



In this cafe, the Horfe's Food may be Bran moi- 

 ften'd with Claret, or Parley parch'd on a Peel, and 

 then grownd, and the belt Hay. But Oats are alto- 

 gether improper. As for Remedies, you may begin 

 with a fc owing Clyfter, viz. 



Take Wheat- Br an well fifted, and . ~ 

 whole Barley, of each two Handfuls ', civfter. 

 Red Rofes, a Handful ; true Opium 

 fiiced fmall, half a Dram ; boil them in Whey 

 or Steefd Water for the fpace of a Ouarter of 

 an How ', then add the Leaves of wild Succo- 

 rjj Agrimony, Beets, white Mullein, and Mer* 

 HI) J curyi 



