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his Head refufes to eat. If this Swelling afcends 

 to the Throat 'tis prefent Death. To prevent this 

 Diftemper the Horfe ought to be bled before he is 

 turn'd to Grafs, or put to feed in the Stable, and 

 likewife two or three Months after *, efpecially if 

 his Blood be black and thick, which is a lign of 

 Inflammation and Corruption. As for the Cure : 

 Immediately upon the appearance of the Swelling, 

 draw a large quantity of Blood from the Plate- 

 Veins, or if you cannot find them, from both fides 

 of the Neck, then give him a Drink of Diapente, 

 with Ale, adding an Ounce of brown Sugar-Candy, and 

 half an Ounce of London-Treacle. After that rub the 

 Swelling every Day, till it become foft, with Hogs- 

 greafe, Boar's -greafe, and Bafilicon, incorporated to- 

 gether in equal quantities : Then open it, and wafh 

 the Sore with Copper as -Water, made of two Quarts of 

 Water, half a Pound of green Copperas, an handful of 

 Salt, a ffoonfid of Money, and a branch of Rofemary, 

 all boiPd together, to the confumption of half the Liquor, 

 the quantity of a Walnut of Allom being added before it 

 is taken off the Tire. After you have wafiYd the Sore, 

 apply an Ointment made of Rofin and Wax, of each 

 the quantity of a Walnut, melted together, half a pound 

 of clean Hog's- greafe, a fpoonful of Honey, a pound of 

 Turpentine, and an Ounce of Verdigreafe in fine pouder. 

 Some chufe to ftrike the Swelling in divers places 

 with a Fleam, that the Corruption may ifTue forth ; 

 and then anoint it with Hog' s-greafe made warm. 



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