74 TbeVARRUR's New Guide. Ch-XXIIF. 



*' they were perfedly found". And afterwards he adds, 

 *' That ibme enjoy an Inierval oi fix Months, others are 

 " troubled with a Return of the Diltemper once in three 

 ** Months, and fome grow lunatick every two Months." 

 But according to the llrideft Obfervaiion I have been able 

 to make, this Diltemper feems to bear a near Affinity with 

 that v.-hich in Man is called the Epiphora^ refembling it 

 both m its Signs, Caufe, and Effeds ; only that in Horfes 

 it is more fatal to the Sight, becaufe of the prone Po/ition 

 ot a Horfe's Head, which gives the Humours a ftronger 

 Tendency towards the Eyes. 



*rhe Caufe. ^^ ^^^^^ '^^ Origin, generally fpeaking, 



from the Want ot tiie common Dilcharges 

 of the Pores of the .^kin, and by Urine ; and from ihofe 

 Things that may occalion a too great Accumulation of the 

 Serum in the Blood, whether they proceed firftof all from 

 a Cold, or from any other Caufe. 



The Signs are alfo manifeft, for in this Diftemper the 

 Eyes appear hot, fwoln, dark, and troubled with a conti- 

 nual Rheum and Weeping, and according to the laft men- 

 tion'd Author, with a feint Yellownefs under the Apple, 

 which, as he rightly obferves, is the lured Sign, as it muft 

 be the conftant Effeift of exceflive Heat and Moifture in 

 ihofe Parts. 



The Cure muft, as to Internals, be chiefly perform'd by 

 Purging Medicines, and fuch as are of the greateft Efficacy 

 to fufe and melt down the ferous Parts of the Blood ; for 

 Phlebotomy is needlefs, and oftentimes proves hurtful in 

 this Cafe. And therefore if the Horle be coftive, after you 

 have opened him with a Clyiter or two, let the following 

 Balls be given him. 



*' Take of the cleareft fhining Aloes two Ounces, Tur- 

 *' bith Root in fine Powder half an Ounce, Diagridium 

 " two Drams, Liquorice Powder Four Ounces j make 

 them into large Balls with a fufficient Quantity of Frefh 

 Butter. Let thefe be given in Wine, or any other Liquid, 

 to wafh them down j and for a Change, the following 

 Purge may be fometimes exhibited, viz, 



*' Take Aloes and Jalap in Powder, of each an Ounce 

 *' and a half. Cream of Tartar three Ounces, Diagridium 

 ** one Dram". Ler this be given in a Quart of White- 

 wine, Ale, or Beer, Wun. . . ming it, becaufe if it be 

 hot, Jbme of the Ingredients, as the Aioes and Diagridium, 

 and even the Jalap, if it be relinous, will be apt lo ryn into 

 Lumps. Bi^t 



