lis The Parrier'j NeisjGnide. Ch. XXXII. 

 CHAP. XXXII. 



Of the Anticor. 



TJoe Anticor, "jV/TOST Authors have been miftaken as to 

 ar. InflawTfta- ^^^ the Nature of this Difeafe •, the greateft 

 tion of the Number attribute it to the Heart ; and Sollcy- 

 ""'''''• Jell calls its a Swelling of the Pericardium^ or 



Purfe of the Heart. But they are all plainly in an Error ; 

 for an Anticor is an Inflammation in the Gullet and Throat, 

 and is the very fame which in Man is called Atigina. 

 *Th C tT It proceeds from the fame Caules that bring 



on infinite Difcafes on Horfes, to wit, hard 

 Riding, expofmg a Horfe to the Cold, and giving him cold 

 Water to drink when he is hot, full Feeding, and whatever 

 elfe may caufc a fudden Stagnation of the Blood, 

 ny, n- ^^ The Signs are, fnft, all thofe that accom- 



' * pany a Fever ; for an Anticor^ while it is in- 



ternal, never wants a Fever to attend it ; but when it (hews 

 itfelf externally, the Fever begins to abate, unlefs it conti- 

 nue to be both external and internal. 



So long as the Inflammation continues in the Gullet, th,e 

 Horfe forfakes his P'ood 5 and tho' he has frequent Inclina- 

 tions to drink, and albeit his Water be made moderately 

 warm^ the firft Gulp deters him from meddling with it again, 

 until he has forgot the Pain and Agony it put him into. And 

 the Pain of the Gullet is yet more raanifeft from this (and 

 I believe every Farrier mult have made the fame Obferva- 

 lion) that whenever a Drench is given him he daggers, and 

 feems as if he would fall down, and make feveral fhort 

 interrupted Groans, or rather Gruntings, and fometimes 

 will break out into a cold damp Sweat about his Ears. 



The Care '^^^^ ^'^^^ ^^^'^ ^^ begun by Bleeding, and 



that needs not be very fparing ; for this Dif- 

 eafe feldom happens to Horfes that are poor and low. And 

 here we alfo approve of ftriking one or other of the Veins 

 on the hind Parts, to make a Revulflon. 



After Bleeding, the following Clyfter may be given. 



*' Take two handfuls of Barley, two Ounces of Sal poly- 

 " chreji reduc'd to tine Powder, boil them in two Quarts of 

 *' Water for the fpacc of a quarter of an Hour, add to the 

 '•' Decodion a Pint of Urine, a quarter of a Pound of frefli 

 *' Butter, and two Ounces of 0;1 of Rue. Let this be gi- 

 " vsn Blood-warm, and repeated twice a Day, or oftner. 



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