60 The FarrierV Ne'Vj Guide. Chap. XV. 



" Morning in a Quart of the medicated A}e, ftanding 

 " bridled as above direded." The Cinnabar, as all other 

 Minerals, but efpecially as it abounds with Quickfiiver, is 

 therefore a molt efficacious Remedy for opening Obftruc- 

 tions in the fmalleft Veflels : But the Reader may turn to 

 that Part where we have treated of the Farcin, where its 

 Virtues are taken Notice of more at length. 



But here it is to be remarked, that the laft prefcribed 

 Remedies are not only proper in that Kind of Staggers, 

 where the Horfe reels and turns round, but alfo in the 

 other Kind, when he falls on a fudden : For as in an Apo- 

 plexy, Senfe and Motion are taken away by a Prefllire on 

 all the Nerves, To in a Vertigo the Prefllire is either in Part, 

 or elfe the nervous Juice is rendred more vifcid and unapt 

 to Motion than it ought to be, fo as to occafion thofe Tre- 

 mors, which are the more obfervable in the Optick Nerve, 

 as they afFed the Sight ; and therefore the chief Difference 

 in the Cure lies only in this. That in Apopledlick Cafes, 

 Things of the greateft Efficacy muft be ufed, even in the 

 common Way of Evacuation, becaufe Senfe is fo much de- 

 ftroy'd in all Parts of the Body, that Things of a milder 

 Nature will do but little Service ; whereas in Vertigo's, 

 Senfation not being altogether obftru6ted, at leaft in the 

 beginning, but render'd diforderly, the Purgations need 

 only be fuch as Avill make moderate Evacuation, and thefe 

 not long continued. 

 cri Moll of our Farriers cure the Staggers by 



"■ihe common ,. » i- - r t-i ■ i ° V 



IVav of curin? rn^'^^'^g Applications of 1 hings that are or 

 the Staggers. ^ ^^ot and pungent Nature, to the Ears ; as 

 Garlick, Rue, Aqua-vitct\ Cloves, Ginger, 

 Baj'-falt, and the like, which being ftitch'd up within the 

 Ear, may, no doubt, be fometimes efficacious in thofe 

 Cafes that are fimple, (and which are indeed the molt 

 common) as they ftimulate the tender and fenfible Mem- 

 brane which covers thofe Parts, and thereby rouze the Blood 

 to a quicker and brisker Motion ; but thefe ought to be us'd 

 "with Caution and Circumfpedtion ; for I have feen Horfes 

 run Hark mad when thofe Applications have been too ftrong ; 

 and it was with much ado they could be kept from knock- 

 ing out their Brains againlt tlie Walls ; and fometimes that 

 violent Agitation, inftcad of giving Relief, makes the Fits 

 return the oftner upon them, by driving too much Blood 

 into the Arteries of the Brain. 



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