ATTENVI X. ;6 3 



And there are fome Farriers that bathe the Horfe's 

 Legs with the Grounds of Ale^ and then rope them 

 up with wet Hay-Ropes* 



Of the Hungry Evil. 



IF a Horfe (hatches at his Food greedily, as if he 

 would eat a piece of the Manger, give him Milk 

 mix d with Wheat-Meal to drink, a Quart at a time* 

 and feed him with Provender by little and little at 

 a time. 



Of the Stag- Evil, or Palfie in the Jaws. 



Sometimes a Horfe is taken with a Stiffnefsof 

 the Neck and Jaws, fo that he cannot move 

 ? em, but turns up the Whites of his Eyes •, and at 

 uncertain Intervals of Time is feiz'd with a Palpi- 

 tation of the Heart, and beating of the Flanks. If 

 this Difeafe be fpread all over the Body, it ufually 

 proves mortal. The ordinary caufe, is the Horfe's 

 being expos'd to the cold after a great heat. As 

 for the Cure \ give him foftning Clyfters Morning 

 and Evening, and let him blood once in two Days, 

 till you fee fome figns of Amendment. Lay before 

 him a little Bran, with a great quantity of Water, 

 that it may be as thin as Broth. After the ufe of 

 Clyfters and Bleeding, chafe the Neck and Jaws 

 very hard with equal quantities of Spirit of 'turpen- 

 tine and Aqua-Viu, united by making. Two hours 

 after rub the fame parts very hard with the Oint- 

 ments of Marjhmaliows. Afterwards continue to apply 

 Aqna-Viu in the Evening, and the Ointment of Marjh- 

 maliows in the Morning. If the Difeafe affe&s the 



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