3+ The Farrier'j New Guide. Chap. VII. 



even from the undermofl Valve downwards, the quantity 

 ought at lealt to be two Quarts, for othcrwifc it mull have 

 but httle Efficacy, unlefs it be made up of fach things as arc 

 of very powerful Operation, which are but feldom to be 

 meddled with, and then in fome very uncommon Cafes, 



And therefore the Clyfters that are to be made ufe of in 

 fimple Fevers, ought to be compos'd of emollient Herbs or 

 Flowers, fome few Seeds that are proper to rarify and expel 

 the Wind ; by which Means the Dung becomes loofe, and 

 falls off the more eafily from its Adhefions. A moderate 

 quantity of Oils, or any other greafy Subftance, which 

 contributes alfo to the fame Purpofe, by lubricating thofe 

 Paflages, and rendring them glib and flippery ; and when a 

 Stimulus is required, a purging Medicine of more or leis 

 Efficacy may be mixed with it, as flull be judg'd neceflary, 

 according to the following Method, 



" Take Mallows and Marfh-mallows, of each a large 

 *' handful, Camomile half a handful, Fennel-feeds bruis'd 

 *' three Drams, or half an Ounce, boil them in three Quarts 

 *' of Water till one Qiiart be confumed, Itrain the Decoc- 

 *' tion through a Sieve, and dillblve in it three Ounces of 

 *' Lenitive Electuary, and a quarter of a Pound of Hogs- 

 " lard. Oil, or Butter." This mufl be given blood-warm, 

 holding the Tail clofe to his Fundament. If there be Signs 

 of Inflammation in the Guts, which may be fufpcded 

 tvhen the Fever is very ftrong, tb.e Excrements exceeding 

 hard and black, and when the Hoife rtrains often to dung, 

 and is in miferable Pain withal ; in Juch a Cafe may be 

 added an Ounce and a half, or two Ounces of the Sal Pa- 

 lychrejlum, which will diflolve in the Decoclioj[x ; or an 

 Ounce of Cream of Tartar, and two Drams of Salt Pe- 

 tre^ or ^al Prunella \ thefe will not only allay the Heat, 

 but make the Clyfler fomewhat more purgative. 



The Clyfter may be repc;ited once a Day, or at leaft, 

 until the Fever abates, or liiat the Horfe becomes orderly 

 in his Body. 



It may be obferv'd, as to the Compofitlon of fuch Cly- 

 fters, that any of ihe emollient Herbs, as Pellltory^ Mercu- 

 ry^ &c. or th? Flowers and Leaves of Melilot, the Leaves 

 of Violets, and in the room of Fennel-feeds, thofe of Dill, 

 Anife, and Caraway-i, may be fubltituted, and will fuit the 

 fame Intentions. Broths may be alfo fisbllituted in the 

 room of fuch Compolitions, efpecially when thefe Ingre- 

 dients cannot be had in dt^e Time. 



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