4-S The Farrhrj Nc-jj Guide. Chap. XL 



it cannot but do lingular Service in all Cafes where the 

 Stomach is weak, and the IbiiJ Parts relaxed ; and I am 

 of Opinion, had the Virtues o\ this celebrated Drug been 

 known in the Sieur de Solleyfell's Time, he had, without 

 doubt, given it a Place in m.uiy of his Cures, and would 

 have found its Ufe preferable to that of the Liver of Anti- 

 mony, in moll ot the fame Inleations where tliat was found 

 Juccelsful. 



Now as the moll fimple Preparations of the Bark, for 

 the moll Part, prove more efficacious than thole that have 

 more Time and Labour beftow'd on them, it may be the 

 better comply'd with ; and therefore if the Tick Horfe be 

 of any Value or Service, and has got fuch a Fever as we are 

 now treating of, take a quarter of a Pound of this Dru^ 

 made into a Hne Powder, and divide it into fix Papers, for 

 fo many Doles. Give one, as foon as the Fit is quite gone 

 off, in any common Liquid that is not purgative ; and let 

 tv/o more be repeated in the Ipace of twelve Hours, and a 

 Fourth two Hours before the Keturn of the next Fit. And 

 it the V\i returns but once in two Days, then the Bark may 

 be repeated in the fame Manner the Day following : But if 

 there is no Return of the Fie at its ufual Time, three or four 

 Dofesmore will go nigh to make a Cure. If a Loofenefs 

 ; happens, it may be gwen'm D^fcordium, as the Powder 

 above defcrib'd, until fuch Time as that Symptom goes ofF, 

 becaufe during the Loofenefs, the Medicine lofes much of 

 its Efficacy, as alfo if it be given in Time of the Fir. 



And becaufe every thing is proper in tb.is Cafe, that may 

 any wife contribute to forward the Circulation of the Blood 

 in the Capillaries and Imall Veflels, therefore a Chewing 

 Ball ought to be ty'd to his Bitt, for an Hour, or half an 

 Hour every Morning, excepting when the Fit is upon him ; 

 and he will, doubtlcls, recover much the fooner, if he be 

 rid out gently for two Hours every day, there being nothing 

 that contributes more to invigorate the Stomach, and 

 llrengthen all the folid Parts, than a moderate and conti- 

 nued Ufe of Exercife. 



His Oats fhould be clean and nourifliing ; and though he 

 fhouldhave but little Feeding at a Time, yet that fhould be 

 often ; and if lie has been accullom'd to Bread, the lincft 

 •U'ill agree with him, but nothing that is harfli and fcouring. 



Good Rubbing will be of Service to him, efpecially when 

 the Diftemper begins to wear oft', becaufe that alfo keeps a 

 Horfe in a lort of moderate Exercifci but he if he be empty. 



