1^6 The Farrier'j Nfo:; Guide. Ch. XXXVIl. 



be then tinilur'd with a yellowifh Colour, and if there hap- 

 pens to be a very great quantity of the Gall difcharg'd with 

 the Excrements, whatever is voided from the Fundament, 

 nnift of confcquence be of a deep reddifh Colour, and is 

 the faiiie which the above-mentioned Author terms the red 

 Gripes, which conltitutcs his iixth Kind ot Chohck. 



' Lajlh^ A Lax ox Sccuri?:g fomctimes happens from vifcous 

 flimy Matter hindringthe Chyle from entrng into the ladleal 

 or milky Vcllels, and in this cafe the Excrements are ufually 

 of a pale light Complexion, as they confift chiefly oi Chyle. 



,, , ^ r Butall thele are only different fpecics of aZ)/- 

 Moltcn Gicafe. , • , , \ ,- • • i 



arrhaa, and w hen the bcounng is ]arge,as it 



happens to fome full body'd young Korfes, a white greafy 



matter- like Fat comes au ay in iheDung,and thic: is what Far- 



r.ers call Molten Greaje^ which is of the fame Nature with the 



greafy Diarrhadi^Hch fometimes happens to Men of grols 



Habits as well as to Horfes, and fcems to be occafion'd when 



the Glands of the Inteftines are more than ordinarily open'd, 



whereby that Matter is evacuated from the Blood into the 



Guts, which faould otherwife be depofited among the Fat. 



cri r' r ^jut in Order to tlie Cure, it ought to be 



'■J he Lure of a , ^ ,, , • n u r o • i 



Lax or Scouring. °°^^''^' ^' ^^""^i "^ ^^^ ^^^"^ bcounngs that are 

 of the firll Kind, and are only the critical 

 Difcharges of feme Difeafe ; there arp feidom or never any 

 bad Accidents attending them, unlefs the I3ifeafe has been of 

 fuch Continuance as to wafte and attenuate the Body ; and 

 therefore wlien the Sicknefs abates by any fuch Difcharge, the 

 belt Way is not to be over-hafty to flop it, but it ought ra- 

 ther to be encouraged w'hcn it proves imperfevft ; and that 

 mull be done by Medicines that are moderately purging. 

 But becaufe all Difcharges that proceed irom the Inteltines 

 may degenerate into the worfer Sort, Care ought to be ta- 

 ken r.ot to let it run on too long, but it may be ftopp'd by 

 the Methods hereafter laid down for the Cure of the other 

 Species of a Ijiarrhaa ; we fhall therefore proceed to the 

 next Kind, where a Horle lofe? his Appetite ; and when 

 the Want of Digeftion is manifeft from an imperfedl Com- 

 minution of the Dung, that is, when fome Part of the 

 Food comes away whole as it is eat. 



In th.is Cafe all thofe Things that v/e have already^ laid 

 down for flrcngthcning the Stomr.ch are tobeufedj for 

 wliich P.jrpoib we abb recoiTimend the Ufe of Diapente, 

 To thofe that like it \ but it is not one Dole that will an- 

 fvvef the End, but 1: ought to be ! created every Day, and 

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