Chap. XLVI. of the T>ropfy: 1 5 7 



Wine : But the beft Way in ufing the Spirits, is to take 

 him out of the Stable, for when thefe are apply'd to fo 

 feniible a Part as the Yard, the fmarting Pain will be apt 

 to make him lame himfelf, unlefs he has Room j but that 

 does not laft above a Minute. 



If the Ulcer or Excoriation be inwards, which can only 

 be diftinguifh'd by the Matter proceeding from the Urinary 

 Paflage, and not from the Pain in pifling, as the Farriers fup- 

 pofe, from the leaft Sore upwards, as it is more or lefs accom- 

 panied with Inflamation, will exhibit the fame Signs as the 

 Urine pafles through the inflam'd Part. In that Cafe the 

 following Mixture may be injeded three or four Times a 

 day, and it will foon cure him of that Symptom. 



" Take a Pint of Plantain or Rofe- water, /^(?«w Tur- 

 '* pentine two Ounces, the Yolk of one Egg, Honey one 

 *' Ounce ; mix thefe together in a Mortar, then pour the 

 *' Water on them by degrees untill they are incorporated." 

 After which add four Ounces of Spirit of Wine, or Bran- 

 dy, wherein half a dram of Camphire has been diilblv'd. 

 Put the whole Mixture into a Vial, (baking it as often as 

 you have Occafion to ufe it. 



CHAP. XLVI. 

 Of the T>ropfey. 



A LL our EngViJh Authors, and fome Ttaliam^ have enu- 

 ^^ merated the Dropfey among the Difeafes of Horfes, and 

 fome affirm pofitively, that they have cured it in all its diffe- 

 rent Kinds ; but that which chiefly happens to Horfes, is 

 what the Farriers call the Univerjal Dropjey, and (hews it- 

 felf more or lefs, in all the external Parts of the Body, but 

 efpecially the Legs and Thighs, as they are the moll: de- 

 pendent ; and 1 have my felf obferv'd in Cafes of the Greai'e, 

 when that happens both before and behind, it generally 

 proceeds from a dropfical Difpofition. 



The Caufe is from all Kinds of ill Ufage, 'I'^^e Caufe of a 

 but efpecially from Bleeding and Purging Dropfy. 

 Horfes beyond their Strength ; for thefe unfeafonable Eva- 

 cuations render the Blood languid and flow in its Motion, 

 and for Want of Spirits, it has not Force enough to reach 

 the Paflages of the Skin, fo as to make the ufual Difcharge, 

 but its ferous Parts burft through the fmall Vellels, and are 

 depofited under the Skin or the flefhv Pannicle. 



The 



