Chap. XXV. Of a COLT>, &c. S7 



• The firft thing to be done in a Cold, is to take a pretty 

 large Quantity of Blood from the Neck- vein, if the Horfe 

 is otherwife in good Cafe, and full of Flefh ; but if he be 

 low and poor, the Lofs of too much Blood may be preju- 

 dicial to him : But yet as ail Colds, for the mod Part, 

 affedl the Lungs*more or lefs. Blood ought in the Begin- 

 ning to be drawn away, tho' the Qiiantity be but fmall ; 

 for here it is necellary, as in all other Cafes where the Blood 

 is too vifcid, to give it more Room in the Vell'els. 



If he labours and breathes with Difficulty, and at fome 

 times appears to be in much Pain, he may be Bled a lecond 

 time j and if his Blood looks of a florid red Colour, and has 

 little ox ViO Serum \x\ it, and the Pain flill continues, after 

 the Space of twelve Hours he may be Bled a third time, to 

 prevent an Impoflhumation in his Lungs, or fudden Death ; 

 for it fometimes happens, that Horfes are feiz'd in the Be- 

 ginning of a Cold with a Pleurify, ok P eripn-eumon-j ^ when 

 no one near them knows the Caufe of their Agony. 



After Bleeding, if your Horfe be coftive, as is not un- 

 common in the Beginning of a Cold, let him have the fol- 

 lowing Clyfter. 



*' Take Mallows and Marfh- mallows, of each three 

 *' handfuls ; Mercury and Pellitory, of each one handful ; 

 *' boil them for the Space of half an Hour in three Qiiarts 

 *' oi Water, and to the ftrained Deco6\ion add half a 

 " Pound of Treacle, coarfe Sugar, or Honey, and the 

 " fame Quantity of Oil or Butter, to be injeded Blood- 

 *' warm, and repeated as often as needful. 



If a Lax or Loofenefs happens, it mud not be too foon 

 ftopp'd, for fometimes the Difeafe terminates that Way, ef- 

 pecially if he has been furfeited ; but if it continues too long, 

 and caufcs fore and painful Gripes, it mult then be treated 

 according to the Method laid down for the Cure of that 

 Kind ot Loofenefs which is accompanied with a Cholick. 



To recover loft Appetite, which is a Symptom that at- 

 tends every violent Cold, he muft be exercifed every Day 

 more or lefs, with Chewing Balls ^znd kept to very moderate 

 Feeding: The following Jr?nan may alfo be made Ufe cf, 

 •which I can promife to be much the bell of its Kind. 



" Take Honey of Rofes half a Pound, the Infide of a 

 " white Manchet finely crumbled, Cinnamon and Nugmegs 

 " of each an Ounce, Gallangal, Zedoary, and Calamus 

 *' Aromaticus, of each an Ounce and a half. Let all ihefe 

 '■'■' be made into a fine Powder, and incorporated wuh the 

 O 4 ** Honey 



