Chap. VII. Of afimple ccntinuedFever. 3/ 



His Feeding mull be moderate during the whole Courfe 

 of his Sicknels ; for indeed nothing contributes more to 

 the leilening of this Dilteniper than Abftemioufnefs ; and 

 what Food is given him, fliould be mix'd vviih the Leaves 

 ot Vines, Strawberries, and Sorrel, and fuch other things 

 as are cooling ; for if the Fever be very Itrong upon hini, 

 nothing will reliih but what has a grateful Coldnels in it. 

 The fame kind of Things may be alio boiled in Water, 

 with a little Oatmeal Ibow'd upon it, for his ordinary 

 Drink ; and fometime, tv/o or three Drams 0\ Sal Pritnel- 

 Ics, or purified Nitre, may be dillblved in his Water, 

 which, during the Fever, ought to be always v/arm. 



f^orthe Heat and Drynefs of the Mouth, fo much Vine- 

 gar or Verjuice, mix'd with fome Water, as will give it a 

 grateful Sourlfhneis and Roughnelsupon the Palate, fweet- 

 ned with Honey, will be very proper. The belt: Way to 

 life it, is by dipping a Rag tied round the End of a Stick, 

 into this Liquor, with which the Tongue and Roof of the 

 Mouth may be cooled, and gently rubb'd feveral times in a 

 day. A Feverifli Horfe will hereby be much refrelli'd and 

 difpos'd to Reft and Qi_iiet ; but if thofe Parts are become 

 crufty and very hard, the Vinegar or Verjuice may be ul'^d 

 without the Mixture of Water. 



If the Practitioner obferves the fick Horfe to be coflive, 

 which is very common in this kind ofFever, and proceeds 

 from the fame Caufe that occafions Heat and Drynefs of 

 the Mouth ; the Florfe's Body muit then be opened by 

 fome emollient Clyfter, for purging Drenches are in this 

 cafe of dangerous Confequence ; becaufe while the Blood 

 is thus violently in Motion, d. Stimulus made in the Guts by 

 a Medicine of a rough Operation, will be apt to determine 

 the Blood into thofe Parts in an over-great quantity, fo as 

 either to occafion a Super-purgation, or an Inflammation, 

 which may be followed with a Gangrene. 



But in all fuch Cafes, before Clyfters are adminifter'd, 

 the Farrier flrouldfii ft (his Hand and Arm being anointed 

 with Oil or Hogs lard) take the Horfe, and bring out as 

 much of the harden'd Excrements as he can conveniently 

 come at, after which he may inject his Clyfter, for which 

 every Farrier ought to provide a large Syringe, a Horn be- 

 ing but of little Ufe, as it feldom conveys the Clyfter 

 further than the ftreight Gut ; and becaufe the Guts of a 

 Horfe are not only very large, but of conliderable LenQ;th, 

 L even 



