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But if this Ointment fliould incarnate, or make the Flcfli 

 grow too f. ft, you may mix with it a little of the Powder 

 of Verdegrc.ile made very line, or the Powder of Red Pre- 

 cipitate, which will keep that under ; but further Diredions 

 Ihall be given herein when we come to treat of Ulcers ; we 

 fhall therefore go on to obferve what is neccH'ary to be done 

 internally. 



If you find your Horfe hearty and well, notwithftanding 

 thofe Tumours, there will be no great Need for any thing 

 but to give him Plenty of warm Water mixed \\ith Oat- 

 meal to drink, keeping him, in every other Relped, to 

 his ufual Diet ; but if you obferve him to be feverifli, and 

 to for fake his Meat, it is a Sign Nature is over much op- 

 prefs'd, and requires fome Afliftance ; and therefore to re- 

 lieve that OpprefTion, you may give him once or twice, or 

 oftner, as you fliall fee Occafion, a few Broth by Way of 

 Clyfter, or a Decoflion made with two or three handfuls 

 of Marfh-mallows mixed with a Quarter of a Pound of 

 common Treacle or Mohjfus. 



And if you obferve the Swellings to continue hard, but 

 have little or no Tendency to a Suppuration, thofe Things 

 which have already been recommended for the Cure of pu- 

 trid and malignant Fevers, may in that Cafe be given with 

 Succefs ; or if thofe things are not in a Readinefs, you may 

 give him the following Cordial Drench. 



*' Take Gentian-root and Galangal in fine Powder, of 

 *' each half an Ounce, Cloves and Cinnamon, of each one 

 *' Dram J SaftVon one Scruple, Powder of burnt Hartfhorn 

 *' two Drams ; let this be given in a Mixture of Milk-wa- 

 *' ter and White-wine, or in a Pint of Ale. After which 

 *' give him moderate Exercife for half an Hour ; and when 

 *' you bring him into the Stable, let him be tied uj) another 

 *' half Hour, and then you may permit him to eat frefh 

 *' Hay. 



An Ounce of Venhe-TxQzde dilToIv'd in a little Milk- 

 water, or warm Ale, and given once or twice a Day, 

 will be of great Service to afiift languid Nature, and will 

 either help to bring thofe Swellings to Maturity, or will 

 difpofe them to perfpire and go oft" in a kindly Manner. 



Sometimes the Strangles are caft off" chiefly by the 

 Nofe, and fometimes they break inwardly about the 

 Roots of the Tongue, and when that happens, moft of 

 the Matter ifllies from the Nofe alfo. In either of thefe 

 Cafes the Horfc Ihould be moderately rid, for that will 



help 



