Chap. XXXIX. Of Worms, Sec. i^s 



Either of thefe being three or four times repeated, will 

 deftroy all manner of Worms, and carry off that flimy and 

 corrupted Matter in which they are ingender'd, and with- 

 out the lead Danger. 



The Merciirius dulcisy may be had at any Chymifl's or 

 Apothecary's ; as for the MthiopSy it is made of equal 

 Parts of Quickfilver and Brimftone, rubbing them in a Mor- 

 tar till they are incorporated and turn to a black Powder. 



After your Horfe has been fufficiently purged with one 

 or other of the above-mentioned Remedies, the following 

 Powder out of Solley felly may be given for a Week or a 

 Fortnight, and it will be of great Service to deftroy all the 

 Remains of the Diftemper. 



" Take the Roots of Mafter-wort, the Leaves and 

 *' Roots of Radifhes, greater Centaury, and Tanfy ; dry 

 " them in the Sun in the Summer, and in an Oven, with a 

 ** moderate degree of Heat, in the Winter ; then take a 

 *' Pound of each Germander, Ground-pipe, Roots of An- 

 *' gelica, and Elecampane, all dried in the Shade, of 

 ** each half a Pound, Coraline, or Sea Mofs, and Liver 

 *' Aloes, of each four Ounces, Galangal, Nutmeg, and 

 *' Sal PrunelU; of each two Ounces. Reduce all the 

 *' Ingredients to Powder feparately, then mix them, and 

 *' keep them in a Leathern Bag, or in a glafs Bottle clofe 

 ** ftopt. The Dofe is an Ounce for fmall Horfes, two 

 ** Ounces and a half for large Horfes : Mix it with half 

 ** an Ounce, or three Drams of old Treacle, or an Ounce 

 " of Treacle DiateJJaron^ or Mithridate ; then give it the 

 " Horfe in a Pint of White-wine, and afterwards walk 

 '* him in his Cloaths. 



But this Powder will be much better, if the firft Ingre- 

 dients be wholly left out, and inftead of them be fubltitu- 

 ted four Ounces of the Flour of Brimftone, and two Oun- 

 ces of the Powder of Myrrh j neither is there occafion to 

 be much fcrupulous about the Dofe, for the fmalleft Horfe 

 may take two Ounces of this Powder, and it will be little 

 enough. 



There are many other Remedies appropriated to deftroy 

 Worms, which are all very good when rightly apply'd, as 

 Rue, St. Johrfi, Wort, Tops of Broom, Male Fern, Savin, 

 Citron-feeds, Wormwood, and Worm-feed, Garlick, Oni- 

 ons, and fuch like Things ; but none can come up to Mer- 

 €urius dulcis, or the /Ethiopi rnlneralj for immediate Effi- 



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