3S T>^^ TarrierV AVjy Guide, Chap. VIII. 



** Take of the diftill'd Waters of Carduus, Scibious, 

 ** and Marigolds, three Pints ; or inftead of them, the fame 

 ** Quantity of Milk-water, which may be had of an j^po- 

 *' thecary^ and will anfwer the End as well ; diflblve in it 

 " an Ounce of Mithridate, and give it in a Horn, after 

 ** -which let him be well cloath'd ; and when he begins 

 *' to fweat plentifully, let him have a Draught of warm 

 *» Water, with a fmall Mixture of White- wine in it". 



During the whole Courfe of the Fever, a Horfe ought 

 to be well rubb'd, that the Paflages of Perfpiration may 

 be kept as free and open as pofTible ; and that the Blood, 

 Avhich is apt to languifh in the fmall Veflels towards the 

 Skin, may be forwarded. Care ought alfo to be taken of 

 his Mouth, to keep it clean and moift, according to the 

 Method already laid down. 



And becaufe a Horfe cannot vomit by convulfive Throws, 

 as fome other Animals, yet as Vomiting is proper, not only 

 in this, but in moll or all complicated Fevers, thofe Helps 

 which the Pradice of experienced Farriers have fubftitu- 

 ted may be made Ufe of ; and therefore half an Ounce of 

 JJfa Fcetida^ and the fame Quantity of Savi?:, put up in a 

 Rag, may be tied to his Bit, Polipody of the Oak, green 

 Juniper- wood, Horfe-radifh, or anything elfe that is of ^ 

 hot and ungrateful Tafte, faflened to his Bit, will have 

 the fame EfFe6V. This may be done for the Space ci an 

 Hour once a Day, efpecially in the Beginning of the Fever, 

 which will anfwer fome of the Intentions of Vomiting. For 

 by {training to cough, vomit, and fneeze, which happens 

 on the Ufe of fuch Things, the whole Body is adfuated 

 and fhook, and thereby a great deal of Lentor may un- 

 doubtedly be fqueez'd through the fmalleft Veflels, which 

 cannot but be a great Relief, and may often bring the Dif- 

 eafe to a more fpeedy Solution. But altho' chewing Balls, 

 Isfc. may be thus ufeful in a Fever, where there is a Lentor 

 and Slownefs of the Blood in the fmall Arteries, yet they 

 cannot be proper in a fimple and legitimate Fever, notwith- 

 fi-anding they have the Authority of SoUeyfell to fupport 

 their Ufe : Becaufe fuch {training may have a Tendency 

 to flir the Blood too much, which is fiappofed to be in an 

 pver-great Hurry already. 



Lajlly^ If the P'ever ends with a Defiuxion of Rheum 

 from the Mourh and Nofe, as is not very uncommon in 

 fuch Cafes ; " Boil a Handful of Red-rofe Leaves in a 

 " Quart of Water j and when ths Deco6tion begins to 



*' cool, 



