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tention muft be to deftroy the Caufe of the Diftemper, 

 otherwife it may return again. 



Wherefore we recommend gentle Purging, with the Ufe 

 of fuch Things as are hot and penetrating ; and this we do 

 contrary to the Opinion, tho' not altogether to the Pradice 

 of moft Farriers, who believe Coftivenefs to proceed from 

 inward Heat; whereas the Pleat is only the Effed of Cof- 

 tivenefs, and not the Caufe, as is eafily demonftrated, and 

 IS occafioned chiefly from a cold, phlegmatick, tough 

 Matter in the Stomach and Guts, which binds up the Ex- 

 crements, which, when the (jtits are full and prefs'd upon, 

 caufe Heat ; therefore as all hot fpicy things are proper to 

 cut and deftroy thofe Vifcidities which caufe the Lentoi\ 

 and harbour Wind, they ought more or lefs to be exhibited 

 in all intentions that are requifite to the Cure of Coftive- 

 nefs. The following Purge may, for that Reafon, be 

 given, and will be found very profitable, after the Violence 

 of the Cholick Pains are over, and the obftinate Stoppages 

 of the Bowels are remov'd. 



*' Take Mallov.-s and Marfh- mallows of each one hand- 

 *' ful, Roots of Marfli- mallows fix Ounces, Leaves of Sena 

 " two Ounces, Bay- berries and Juniper- berries, of each 

 *■'- an Ounce. Boil them in three Pints of Water to a Quart, 

 *' ftrain out the Decodion thro' a Sieve or coarfe Cloth, 

 *' and add two Ounces of Syrup of Buckthorn. Or this: 



" Take Mallows and A'larfh- mallows of each two hand- 

 •' fulls, Sena one Ounce, Jalap in grofs Powder half an 

 " Ounce, Carraway- feeds of either an Ounce and a half. 

 *' Boil them in the fame Qiiantity of Water as above di- 

 " reded, to the Confumption of a third Part ; and in the 

 *' ftrained Decodion diilblve four Ounces of Manna. Or 

 the following. 



" Take eight Ounces of Manna, two Ounces of Cream 

 " of Tartar, diiTolve them in a Qi^iart of fwcet Whey, and 

 *' add eight Ounces of the Oil of Olives. 



Either of thefe may be made ufe of after Clyfters have 

 been injeded, theHorfe being kept from feeding two Hours 

 before, and tv/o Hours thereafter. He may then be walk'd 

 abroad for the Space of an Hour ; and upon his Return it 

 would not at all beamifs, if there was Tripe- Broth prepa- 

 red for him, ftrew'd with Oatmeal ; and if he feems un- 

 willing to drink them, he may have two or three Quarts 

 adminifter'd thro' a Horn, and the lame Qiiantity repeated 

 two Hours thereafter. 



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