144 57?^ FarrierV Ne^^ Guide. Ch. XXXIX". 



a Titillation in the Guts, the vifcid, grofs and putrify'd 

 Matter, whereby they are ingender'd, caufes a Vellicatioil 

 and frequent Twitches, and withal lb much Pain, that a 

 Horfc appears to be in all the Agony imaginable, lying 

 down and ftarting up aj^ain by Fits, oftentimes ftriking his 

 Belly with his hind Foot, and oftentimes rubbing his Fun- 

 dament againft any Wall or Pcft that happens to be near 

 him ; and when there happens to he many of thofe Crea- 

 tures, efpecially when they are harbour'd in the great Gut, 

 they appear plentifully in the Dung. 



cr, n The Cure confifts in all thofe things that 



Ihe Lure. , ,-, , ,,.^ . .. . y , 



are proper to deitroy the Viicidities m the 



Bowels, and at the fame time to ftrengthen the Stomach j 



for by that Means a Horfe digefts his Hay and Provender, 



and nothing but the grofTer Parts go downwards into the 



Guts, fo that of Coniequence thofe Creatures cannot eafily 



be ingender'd there. 



And becaufe Purging is of the moft immediate Efficacy 

 in all fuch Cifes, it is therefore the molt proper to begin 

 the Cure that Way ; and for that Purpofe, if there be no 

 Obftrudions in the ftreight Gut, which may firft require the 

 Ufe of Clyfters, we recommend the following. 



*' Take Tanfy-fiowers and Coraline of each a handful; 

 *' Sem one Ounce, Jalap in grofs Powder half an Ounce C* 

 Boil them in a Quart of Water, and to the ftrain'd Decoc- 

 tion add two Ounces of the Syrup of Buckthorn. Or : 



" Take two Ounces of Pithis Cornachini, or Coun- 

 *' tefs of IVariuick's Powder, and give it in a Decodtion 

 *^ wherein Rue has been boil'd." Let your Horle be kept 

 from Feeding two Hours before, and two Hours thereafter, 

 giving him moderate Exercife to help the Operation of the 

 Phyfick ; and at Night he may have fcalded Bran to eat. 



Eut thefe are the propereft Purges to deftroy Worms and 

 wormy Matter, that have Mercurius dulcis, or JEthlopi 

 mineral join'd with them, as follows : 



*' Take of the bed Aloes one Ounce, Mercurius dukis 

 *' half an Ounce, Diagridium two Drams." Make thele 

 into a Ball with Liquorice Powder or Flower, and as much 

 Butter as is fufficient. Or thus : 



" Take of the beft fliining Aloes an Ounce and a half, 

 " Mthiops mineral an Ounce, Diagridium and Diaphore- 

 *' tick Antimony of each two Drams." Make them into 

 one or two Balls^ as above directed, and let them be given 

 failing. 



Eiihci- 



