Chap. XXXI. Of the Strangta. 1 1 3 



help him more efFedually than any Thing elfe to expel 

 the Matter, and will not be attended with fuch ill Con- 

 fequences as Fumigation, and the injeding of hot Things, 

 or the putting of Feathers up the Nofe ; for by this 

 Means you do not aflill Nature, but conftrain her, which 

 is no ways agreeable to found Prav5tice. But if the Swel- 

 lings break inwardly, it will be very proper to wafh his 

 Mouth fometimes with Red-wine mixed with Honey of 

 Rofes, for that will keep it clean, and prevent Ulcers ; but 

 if the Sores be like to continue, which can only happen 

 when the Horfe is in a bad State of Health, you imy 

 diflblve a quarter of an Ounce of crude Sal Amioniack in 

 a Pint of Water, and wafh his Mouth with it once or twice 

 a Day. 



If the Difcharge be plentiful, and the Matter well di- 

 gefted, there will be but little Occafion for After-helps, as 

 Bleeding and Purging : But if any Accident happens, ei- 

 ther from the State of the Body, or from bad Management^ 

 that the Cure feems imperfect, and the Horfe does not 

 thrive upon it, then Recourfe may be had to Purging : 

 For which Purpofe I chiefly recommend the Preparations 

 of Aloes, becaufe thefe are the more efF^jCtual to work upon 

 the Blood, and to break it of its Vifcidilies. And after 

 Purging has been three or four Times complied with, one of 

 the following Balls may be given every Day, and continu'd 

 for fomeTime. 



" Take Gentian, Zedoary, and Galangal, of each four 

 *' Ounces, Cloves, Nutmegs, and Cinnamon, of each half 

 *' an Ounce, Myrrh fix Ounces, calcin'd Hartfhorn half a 

 '' Pound." Let all thefe be made into a fine Powder, and 

 incorporated together with Gum Arabick diflblved in Wa- 

 ter, and made into Balls weighing two Ounces each. 



But if your Horfe be of fmall Value, the following may 

 be given, which perhaps will anfwer the End, and be little 

 inferior to the other. 



" Take the Powders of Gentian and Galangal of each 

 *' fix Ounces, Antimony finely prepar'd eight Ounces,Law- 

 *' rel-berries. Coriander and Caraway- feeds in Powder, of 

 " each an Ounce, tlie Powder of calcin'd Hartfhorn ten 

 " Ounces. Let thefe be made into Balls weighing two 

 *' Ounces, as the former; one of which may be given 

 " every Day for the Space of a whole Month, and they 

 " will contribute very much to rectify your Horfe's Con- 

 Q ' " Hitution, 



