it an ounce of well-washed Alloes And observe in this case above all things to keep him warm The falling-Evil its Cause and Remedy This distemper is caused by a vapour that oppresses or anoys the Vital parts rendering the frame of the body for a time sensless and altogether unable to distinguish what befalls it and has its original from an evil habit of body and its approach is frequently known by the coldness of the Nose and Gristles thereabout The speedy at least the best Remedy is to let him Blood on both the Neck-veins in the Morning when he is fasting and then prepare a dose of the Powder of dried Berries of Misletoe and the Powder of Harts-horn each an ounce of the Oyl of Nutmeg and Pepper each a dram compound them in half a pint of Canary and give it the Horse when you perceive the grief to be coming on him as warm as may be The sleeping-Evil what it is and the way to remedy it This is a distemper frequently occasioned by the over-moistness of the Brain or rather a watery coldness contracted within the cells which chills and numbs the Brain whereby the Horse becomes dozed heavy and stupid ever desirous to sleep yet still troubled with restless dreams and disorders and owes its original to moist feeding in Marshey-grounds whereby abundance of phlegmatick and watery humours have been contracted And in this case likewise letting Blood in both the Neck-veins is much available But further to perfect the cure Take Cammomoil and Motherwort of each a like quantity boil them in a Gallon of running-Running-water with a pound of Treacle and a handfull of Bay-leaves and give the Horse a pint each Morning fasting as hot as he can endure it keeping him warm and fasting for the space of an hour after and then of Malt or scalded Bran make him a warm Mash The Horse-Pestilence and its Cure. The Pestilence in Horses is either contracted by bad feeding which occasions a corruption or inflamation of the Blood whereby the Heart is afflicted or it happens by being in foggy and infectious Airs or catched by contageon And in any of these cases Take Lavender a handfull the like quantity of Rue and Wormwood as also of Walnut-tree Leaves and an ounce of Alloes boil them in a quart of Water or three pints of Milk till half be consumed then add half a pound of fresh Butter or rather if you can get it half a pint of the sweetest Olive-oyl and straining out the liquid part give it the Horse fasting in the Morning blood-warm repeating a fresh dose every other Morning for the space of a week For Chest-foundering the Remedy To know whether your Horse be Chest-foundered or not observe him standing and if then he do as it were stand drawn up or crimpling with his body or stradling and covet much to lye down running sometimes backward in his going then is it apparent he is afflicted with this grievance To cure which Take Oyl of Peter half an ounce mix it with an ounce of the Oyl of Cammomoil and so proportionably a greater quantity as you see occasion and bathe the Breast with a hot Woollen cloth and when you have in that manner chafed it as well as you can run a hot Iron over it to make it sink into the Skin Do this twice or thrice and give the Horse a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Aquavitae warmed and well mixed together over a gentle fire For an Obstruction in the Bladder or Windiness in the Bowels use this Approved Medicine Of Cake or Castle-soap take twelve ounces scrape it so that it may be rendered very small adding two ounces of Dialthaea Incorporate them well and make them up into balls as big as Pigeons Eggs and when you find your Horse afflicted as aforesaid dissolve one of them in a pint of Ale or Beer and give it him scalding-hot or so hot as he can take it without danger and it will force a passage for the Urin without much difficulty This is also good for the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys The Pole-Evil how to know and Cure. The Pole-Evil is known by its growing bigger than ordinary on the top of the head where if you find it large take a hot Iron and sear it in a circle after the form of the Figure till the Skin become as it were of a yellowish colour then with a sharp Iron make holes in it one large one in the middle small ones circling it within the first Circle the form of the Iron which must not penetrate above half an Inch you have in the Margin The holes made as directed Take a piece of yellow Arsnick to the bigness of a Pea and divide that or a somewhat larger quantity that a part may be applied to every hole made as aforesaid and cover it over with black Soap then with Hog's Lard and Verdegrease anoint the rest of the place seared and cover it all over with a cloth dipped in the Oyl of Turpentine and so by the corrosive nature of the Arsnick the contracted swelling will be so loosened that with a little cutting or drawing off the bottom the core or cause of the grievance may be drawn out or taken away and this frequently especially according to the constitution of the Horse may be attempted in a week or ten days after the application and having washed the wound with Plantane-water wherein a small quantity of Allom has been dissolved anoint it with Oyl of Roses or Ointment of Tobacco and cover it up close from the Air anointing it once a day till the flesh fill up the hollowness and if proud flesh appear notwithstanding scald it with Salt and Butter The Fistula how to discover and cure A Fistula is the contraction and settlement of bad humours or infection into one place occasioning an Ulcerous Tumour and is best suppressed by Cauterizing in circling it round to prevent its further spreading and likewise to deny the humours that feed its access and when you have with a hot Iron circled it as the former prick it full of holes with a three-square sharp Instrument the Figure of which and of the Circle take notice of in the Margin and so use it in all respects as that of the Pole-Evil if you find it very corrupt but if it appear shallow mitigate the Corrosives to half the quantity and search it in a shorter time letting out the Corruption if it will come forth by applying Lenitives c. And when you find it begin to heal anoint it first with Oyl of Cammomoil and after that to take the effects of the fire quite away with Oyntment of Marshmallows beaten with the White of an Egg or Spermaceti Hard Kernels under the Throat how to remove Take half a pint of Brandy or Aquavitae put into it a quarter of a pound of common Soap boil them till they become thick as a Plaster and apply it Plaster-wise to the place
fasting and beware he catch not cold For the Yard of a Horse falling a Remedy This happens to a Horse when he is grown feeble either by over-labouring or bad feeding which cause a bad resolution in the Muscles and Tendons so that they refuse their office of support And in this case Take a gallon of Water boil in it two handfulls of Bay-salt half a pound of Carrot-seed a good handfull of Mugwort and the like quantity of Bay-leaves then strain out the Liquid part and add a quart of Old Mallago and give him this to drink hot rubbing his Yard with Vinegar wherein Nettle-seed and Burdock-seeds have been concocted To prevent the Mattering of the Yard This happens to Horses of a hot constitution especially after covering And first appears by the swelling of the end of the Yard and his being thereby rendred uncapable of drawing it into his Sheath when soon after you will perceive much filthy Matter issue from thence At what time dissolve half a pound of Allom in a pint of White-wine and with a Syringe inject it warm into the Yard whereby the Yard will not only be scowred and cooled but the humours be driven back and dispersed Of the Diseases incident mostly to Mares and known by the name of the Pestilent-consumption This distemper happens to a Mare when she is near her Foaling-time by reason of a Flegmatick humour that contracts about the Matrix occasioned by gross feeding and is known by her dullness pining and desire to be Laid and the like To redress which Take a pint of Aquavitae half an ounce of Tobacco and a sprig or two of Spurg-lawrel boil them together and then straining out the Liquid part give it her fasting and it will oblige her to cast out the Mass of Phlegm or at least the Cause that disturbs her But by reason she will be somewhat sickish when she has cast Give her half a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Canary and keep her in a warm Stable with Mashes and good dry Meat a day or two How a Mare that is subject to cast her Foal ought to be used In this case there is more than one Cause to be taken notice of which subjects a Mare to cast her Foal untimely sometimes dead and sometimes alive as hard Wintering unwholsome Lodging over-riding suddain strains or unhappy blows on the back leaping hedges or the like together with too much fatness or subjection to gross humours many times to the endangering of their lives Therefore when you perceive her near her time bring her into a warm Stable and Take an ounce of Diapente an ounce of Sarsaparilla three grains of Musk and a peny-worth of Fennel-seeds infuse them in a pint of Muscadel and give them a heating over a gentle fire and suffer the Mare to drink the Liquid part fasting then dip your hand in the Oyl of Myrrh and thrust it into her Shape and give her wholsome Diet and good Litter or this may be done with success at the time of her Foaling especially if you perceive difficulty therein and it will be much available in rendering her an easie delivery How to oblige a Mare to cast her Foal Now on the contrary if you imagine the Foal your Mare goes with is not worth your rearing or that she has taken Horse contrary to your desire Then boil a good quantity of Savin in two quarts of new Milk adding an ounce of Ruburb and a small quantity of Wood-ashes and when they are sufficiently boiled strain out the Liquid part and give it the Mare to drink very hot and then give her a considerable heat and in so doing two or three Mornings the business will be effected But consider withall that you look well to your Mare least you lose both for she must for a week afterward be kept in the Stable and that very warm and with Mashes of sweet Malt-bran and Barley every other Morning Of the several Feavers in a Horse and how to Cure them c. There are divers Feavers that frequently possess the Body of a Horse and that at different times as the Quotidian Tertian and Quartan and these are occasioned by gross humours contracted in the blood that inflame and disorder the frame and happen according to the circulation of the Blood or domination of Humours As for the first of these it is ever the most violent but never lasteth long and most frequently it cometh in the Spring when the Blood begins to encâ—ease especially to Colts and young Horses The signs that fore-run this are the watering of the Eyes and a redness as if they were blood-shotten short pantings hot breath a loathing or leaving of Provender stiffness in the Joynts and unwillingness to labour And if it so happen that it befall him at eight of the clock the one day you may expect it at four the next day and the reason that is given is the ebbing and flowing of the blood and its circulation To rid him of this troublesome companion give him as soon as you perceive it to begin a warm Mash and keep him in motion though in the Stable for the space of an hour or more then rub him exceeding well and Take two quarts of Ale a good handfull of Wormwood an ounce of Long-Pepper Venice-Treacle two ounces and of Grains an ounce add to these an ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and as much Rue dried and rubbed into Powder heat it hot and give him it at twice about the space of two hours difference between each other The Tertian Feaver is much the same in quality and condition with what I have named and the Symtomps the same though it somewhat more than the other participates of the Ague for it at first takes him with a kind of a shaking Wherefore when you observe its approach Take of Stone-crop an Herb so called two handfulls bruise it and strain the Juyce into two quarts of Ale drop into it then an ounce of the Oyl of Myrrh and an ounce of Ginger beaten into Powder make them hot and give them the Horse to drink sweetned with Sugar-candy and then Rack him a round pace in wholsome Air but do not sweat him that he thereby may be endangered by contracting a cold observing to let him drink no cold water till such time as you find the Fit entirely gone and that he has setled his Body by eating two quarts of the best dried Oatâ—s As for the Quartan Feaver it is much of the nature of the two former only it alters the day and often continues longer for if a speedy remedy be not had it frequently continues at divers times for the space of half a year or longer And if this happen in the Fall of the Leaf it will be necessary to let Blood which done give your Horse what is hereafter directed Take Oyl of Bays an ounce Coltsfoot the Herb a good handfull Knot-grass roots or Scurvey-grass roots the like quantity Lavender flowers
and of the roots of Wormwood dried and beaten into powder an ounce distill or well concoct these and when you have so done wash the Eye grieved by dipping a feather into the Liquid part An excellent Purgation for Gravel in the Bladder or Kidnies Of Parsley-roots take a handfull white Saxafrage and Ashen-keys or the bark of the Ash-tree root of each an ounce of Paristone a herb so called half a handfull Eringo-roots sliced two ounces boil them with half a pound of Coreander-seeds in a gallon and a half of new Ale and give the Horse a pint of the Liquid part of drink as hot as he can well endure it For the Vlceration of the Yard an excellent Water Take Spring water a gallon quench in it a hot Iron and Flint-stones very often infuse into it the leaves of red Roses or Rose-cakes four ounces Pomgranet-pills and the flowers of the same each half an ounce add of the Juyce Plantane and Housleek each half a pint of Allom and white Copras each half an ounce boil them over a gentle fire and inject the Liquid part into the Yard with a Syringe and it will effect in often using the Cure. An excellent Powder for the Falling-sickness or Falling-Evil in a Horse c. Take the roots of Elder dry them in an Oven till they may be beaten into a Powder add the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg and Storax each an ounce the Ashes of the Wool of a Fox half an ounce and of the Powder of Calamint a dram mix these well and give him half an ounce at a time in a quarter of a pint of Canary A Powder for the Ague which frequently happens especially to young Horses Take the herb Mercury Plantane-leaves Cardus Benedictus and Rue of each half a handfull dry them that they may be beaten to Powder and give the Horse an ounce of it in a quart of Ale wherein two handfulls of Centaury have been boiled as hot as he can well endure it and so renew the Dose as you shall find occasion To purge Choler and Phlegm an excellent Powder Take of Turbith an ounce Ginger Cinamon Mastick Gallinga and Alloes Epatick of each half an ounce Diagredium Ruburb and Seney of each a dram dry bruise and make them into a Powder giving the Horse the whole quantity at two Doses in warm Ale or Milk. An excellent Bath to allay any Swelling or such-like disorder especially diseases in the Legs occasioned by the descending of evil humours c. Take the roots and bark of Pomgranet the flowers of Comfory and of Acorns each a handfull Cammomoil and Fumitory of each a handfull black Helebore and Hysop the like quantity boil them in a gallon of Water and when a third part is consumed apply with a Woollen-cloth the remainder to the place grieved as hot as may be well endured A Bath to soften and mollifie the Skin Take the roots of Marshmallows and white Lillies bruise them with Penegreek-seeds Peletory of the Wall and Violet-leaves the flowers of Cammomoil and Melliot each an ounce Neatsfoot-oyl the Oyl of Lillies and Hog's Lard each four ounces add to them all a quart of Water boil and strain out the Liquid part using it as hot as may be by way of Application c. To stanch Blood in any Vein or Artery Take Alloes Epatick and Olibanum of each half an ounce and the Wool of an old Hare bruise them with the White of an Egg and spread them on Cotton-wool binding them to the place and there suffering them to continue till such time as you find the Blood is turned back and the Film knit together which will be within the space of two or three days An excellent Medicament to provoke a Horse to Vomit aâ— also to purge his Belly Take Elder-root Rind bruise it small to the quantity of two ounces the like quantity of Spurge-lawrel and Turmerick let them steep in a pint of White-wine a night and a day and give the Liquid part to the Horse very warm An excellent Purge good on sundry occasions Take Senne Coriander-seeds Alloes and the Juyce of Savin of each an ounce steep and bruise them in a quart of Ale then give him the Liquid part fasting as hot as may be well endured for two mornings successively ordering him well as to his Dressing and Diet that he neither over-feed nor catch cold For a Joynt-sickness Take Ant 's Eggs together with some of the Ants a small quantity add the Keys of an Ash-tree the Roots of Briony and those of Burdock boil them in Whey and with the Liquid part anoint the Joynts as hot as may be well endured binding up and keeping your Horse warm c. For an Internal Vlcer Take of Bees-wax four ounces Turpentine the like quantity Conserve of Red Roses an ounce Deers-suet two ounces Storax half an ounce Myrrh the like quantity and Oyl of sweet Almonds as much as will make them into a Balsom and give it the Horse an ounce at a time in a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Electuary for a dangerous Cough or ratling Cold. Take Germander Horehound Hysop Agremony Bittony Liverwort and Hart's-tongue of each a handfull clean stripped and washed boil them in three pints of Water till they are very soft and till the Water be consumed that they may be mashed into a thickness then add the Powder of Licoris Elecampane-roots and Honey so much as will make it into an Electuary and by so doing and giving each morning the quantity of a Walnut to your Horse fasting it will wonderfully help him Many may be farther taken notice on of this kind but these being the rarest newest and the best Approved I hope the Practitioner will have such satisfaction herein that he will need no more CHAP. XXIII The Symptoms of Diseases Sorrances Distempers Grievances or the like in general and particular how to foresee them and prevent them as also to know when they happen c. HAving passed over all the Material Diseases and Sorrances any ways incident hurtfull or dangerous in the plainest safest and easiest Method It now remains that I speak something of the Symptoms of Diseases and Distempers in general that they may be the brieflier comprehended and afterward give directions for making Unguents Salves Poultises Clysters Suppositories Purging-potions c. which ought always to be kept in a readiness for sundry uses and emergent occasions with such reasonable directions as may add to what has been already treated of And of these in their order The Curious as I have formerly hinted have ever had a great regard to the Complexion of a Horse thereby to draw from thence more than bare conjectures of the bodily state or constitutions relating to health or sickness And since too much of this kind cannot be well laid down nor more than sufficiently handled I shall make these further Observations than what hitherto I have made The Strangles are signified by the hanging out and unseemly colour of
or five days For a putrefied Frush the Cure. Having well washed and cleansed the Foot with Man's Urin Take of beaten Allom a pound and put it into a quart of the same Urin and gathering a good quantity of green Nettles dry them so that they may without difficulty be beaten into a Powder do the like by Pepper and when you have after Travel or any Exercise washed the place grieved with the Urin in which the Allom is dissolved blow the Powder upon it and so bind it up And by this doing frequently you will find the effects answerable to your expectation To dissolve the humours and thereby anticipate Diseases Take Sage Rosemary Wormwood the Bark of the root of an Elm or the leaves of the Pine and Wormwood of each a handfull stamp or shread them and then boil them in the Oyl of Linseed till they being pressed become the thickness of an Oyntment and with it as hot as may be chafe and rub the place where you perceive the humours to settle or begin to draw together and by often so doing they will disperse Figs and Salt boiled to Gelly with the Juyce of Nettles and Elder have in many cases the same effects To soften any hard swelling or contracted hardness Take of Neatsfoot-oyl a quart of the Juyce of Coleworts half a pint of the Marrow of Hog's feet two ounces and an ounce of the Oyl of Cyprus with half a handfull of the roots of Mallows bruised boil or heat them over a gentle fire till they incorporate and become an oyntment then the roots being taken away put it up into a Gally-pot and as often as you see occasion use it hot to the grieved place For the Splint Wind-gall or Bladders of Gelly in or about any of the Joynts subject thereto Take Bees-wax a pound Per-rosin half a pound Galbanum two ounces Sol-Armoniack an ounce Costus three ounces Myrrh Secundary a pound bruise and melt them together till they are well incorporated and so being made into a Salve or thick Oyntment use it Plaster-wise by applying it to the grievance and you will soon find it effectual To cleanse any putrefied or other Sore the safest way Take Salad-oyl and tryed Hog's Lard of each a pound Turpentine and White-wax of each four ounces and six ounces of Allom-powder and a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Rue make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and dress the Wound therewith as you see occasion and it will not only cleanse it but fill it with sound flesh A Horse Planet-struck how to Cure. This distemper takes a Horse's limbs away on a suddain so that they remain for a good time in the same posture they did at the time of the seizure he not being able to move them And this though it is by the English called Planet-struck and by the French Surprius yet it is no other than the effects of heat and cold and whether of these it is may be thus perceived If it be cold then is it discerned sometime before by his snuffling and ratling in the head which denotes that cold phlegmatick humours do assault the brain And if from heat then it may be perceived by the dryness of the Tongue the scorching of the Breath clear breathing and the like then is the Malady in the blood composed of crudities and gross humours For the first anoint his Temples with the Oyl of Petrolum and give him an ounce of Leserpitum in a pint of Canary and half a pint of Olive-oyl as warm as may be And for the latter having blooded your Horse give him Water and Honey with an ounce of Leserpetum and two ounces of Mellion-seed bruised to Powder and let his diet be moderate especially if his body abound with gross humours that by a spare diet they may waste and consume though sometimes indeed by extream fasting this distemper happens and then good feeding though by degrees is the best remedy For the Poze or excessive Cold a Remedy Take Conserve of Ellecampane or else the herb bruise or dissolve it into a pint of Mallaga then add an ounce of beaten Ginger and Powder of Rosemary and having well warmed them over a fire give them the Horse to drink and so continue to do every other Morning for a week To remedy or cure Hideboundness in a Horse This disorder of body you shall know by finding the Skin of your Horse cleave to his Ribs and Back-bone so that you cannot without much difficulty take it up And this proceeds from a pining or wasting by reason of some inward distemper of body or by having been bad kept bad rid or suffered upon a heat to stand much in rainy weather and be afterward unseasonably dried To remedy which defect and render his Skin loose and plyable so that he may thrive and recover his strength Take of Cummin and Anniseeds each two ounces the Powder of Licoras an ounce Flower of Brimstone half an ounce and Oyl of Roses a quarter of a pint mix these together and heating them well in a quart of Ale give them the Horse to drink Morning and Evening for the space of a week and the Remedy will prove its sufficiency For a wet inward Cough a Remedy This disorder proceeds from the Horse's being too much in damp foggy Airs whereby gross humours are ingendred which converting to Rheums fall in such abundance upon the Lungs that they as it were stifle and overwhelm them in such a manner as renders them almost uncapable of performing their office so that the sound by that means seems to be inward Now to remedy this and prevent the danger Boil a peck of Barley to a Mash or Pulp then add to it Licoras-powder two ounces Anniseed and Carroway-seeds of each an ounce sliced Dates or blew Figs half a pound Sugar-candy a pound Turmerick three ounces and two Roots of Garlick with a quart of Olive-oyl and when they are boiled to a Mash press out the Liquid part between two Cheese-fatts and give him a pint of it hot for six Mornings together and soon after Exercise him smartly the weather being dry and the ground good For a dangerous Cough commonly called the dry Cough This distemper proceeds from bad feeding or unseasonable labour which causes the Cholerick humour to abound and fall upon the Lungs in a hot tough yellow phlegm which clungs them up as it were so that the Horse cannot breathe without pain and though he seldom coughs yet when he does it it is performed with a hollow sound and much violence Now to remedy this Take a handfull of Cammomoil and the like quantity of the herb Melliot two ounces of Licoras-powder and three ounces of the Conserve of Red Roses a quarter of a pound of Honey and two ounces of Allom boil them in Water wherein four ounces of Camphire has been dissolved and give him the liquid part to drink as hot as he may well endure it keeping him for two hours after
occasioned thereby Take the Juyce of Wood-sorrel or Field-sorrel a pint Allom-powder two ounces Hart's-horn an ounce the Seeds of Pomgranets two ounces and spring-Spring-water a quart boil them well together and strain out the Liquid part give it the Horse as hot as may be To prevent staling Blood a Remedy Take of Ale a quart the Roes of two red Herrings and three or four Cloves of Garlick boil them together and give them the Horse Morning and Evening that is the Liquid part Another excellent Remedy for the Farcy vulgarly called the Fashion Take Rue Garlick and Cloves of each half a handfull bruise them well and boil them in half a pint of Aquavitae then dip Wool or Lint into the Liquid part and stop it into the Horse's Ears binding it in after that bruise the Bark of the Elder and making an incision in the Forehead and raise the Skin with your Pegging-horn and stop it in under the Skin being first dipped in Oyl of Rosemary then give the Horse a dose of the Juyce of Liverwort mixed with half a pint of Canary and after that warm Mashes An Approved Cure for any Sinew-strain or Over-reach Take Oyl of Bays an ounce Linseed-oyl two ounces put them into half a pint of Aquavitae and being well incorporated add Wine-Vinegar half a pint and boil them to the consumption of a third part then with your hand chafe it in or with a warm cloth swathing it afterward to the best advantage and in so doing you will soon find the effects Diseases in the Hoof how to remedy And first for a Horse that upon sundry occasions is apt to cast his Hoof. The cause of the Hoofs falling off is various for sometimes it proceeds from Gravel and another time from the pricking of an Nail and in these cases it cleaves downward as the humour settles but if it happen by any grievance on the top of the Hoof as the Quitter-bone and the like then must you look to the top of the Hoof and when you there perceive it begin to divide from the flesh or to open at any part then take off the Shooe open the Hoof and pare it as near as may be to the Sole after which steep the foot in Neatsfoot-oyl and the Juyce of Hemlock in which Allom has been dissolved then make an Oyntment after this manner Take of Virgins-Wax two ounces of Verdegrease an ounce of Per-rosin three ounces and Hog's Lard a quarter of a pound to these add the Juyce of green Tobacco a quarter of a pint make them into an Oyntment and pour it into the divided place which done bind it up close with a thick Linne-cloth and in so often doing the flesh will be obliged to cleave to the Hoof and render it firm unless it be too far gone before you attempt it Hoof-bound what it is and how to remedy it This grievance proceeds from some defect in the Hoof or harm taken in the Colt-age whilst it was tender or by the falling down of a humour and the Symptoms are the flesh growing over it more than usual the straitness or narrowness in disproportion â—o the Leg and the sound of hollowness being struck with a Hammer or other material Instrument which being well understood Take Hog's Lard a pound Soap the like quantity â—he Juyce of Baum a pound Bay-leaves a handfull â—he Juyce of Rue a quarter of a pint Incorporate or concoct them well over a gentle fire and steep â—he Hoof in the Liquid part for the space of an hour every morning then dip a cloth in the Oyl of Petrolum and bind it about it To soften or harden a Hoof the best way This Experiment is fitting to be known by all Farriers not only for the advantage of Shooing but for the Travel more or less of the Horse Wherefore in the first place if you perceive the Hoof to be hard and brittle standing out uncomly then try it with a Butress and if you find it brittle and not plyable to be pared or cut then Take of Lime unshaked an ounce Common Soap the like quantity dissolve these into a Lye made of Ashwood-ashes and having prepared a Cataplasm or Poultis of Groundsel Marshmallows Smallage Succory and Sallendine fryed in Neatsfoot-oyl after the Horse's hoofs have been steeped in the Lye for the space of an hour as warm as may well be endured clap the Poultis to them and stop the bottom of the foot well with Flax dipped in Tarr To harden a Hoof as occasion requires If by going in moist ground or moist feeding the Hoof happen to be softned so that it will not well bare a Shooe or be prejudicial in Travelling then to render it capable for either Take the Coles of burnt Leather a pound the water wherein Lime has been shaked and hot Flint-stones quenched two quarts add to them a quart of Lime-juyce and a pound of Bay-salt and in the Liquid part either let the Horse stand or with it bathe his Hoofs after which Take Oyl of Tartar or that of Brimstone and anoint them binding a cloth over them and suffer the Horse to stand dry And by thus often doing you will by experience find your expectation answered For any hurt or Cankerous sore in or on the Hoof. Take if the season permit a pound of black Snails if not other Snails of any kind may serve the purpose of Burdock-roots sliced the like quantity Oyl of Cammomoil four ounces and Olive-oyl a quart boil them together till they are plyable to be layed Plaster-wise to the place grieved To which after you have washed the Sorrance with water wherein Elder has been boiled apply them supplying those first layed with fresh every day till you find the effects To oblige a Horse to carry his Ears well the way This defect happens either for want of a true proportion or by a defect of the Nerves which refuse to administer so great a supply of strength as may support the Ears as they ought to stand for the sake of Ornament Now to strengthen the Nerves or Sinews to that degree Take of Bear 's Fat an ounce Comfry-juyce the like quantity Oyl of Amber a dram the Root of black Helebore beaten into Powder an ounce and with Bees-wax half an ounce and the Oyl of Roses half a pint make these into an Oyntment and anoint the roots of the Horse's Ears as hot as may be well endured repeating it for a week together For the grievance called the Frounce a Cure. This Sorrance is also called by some a Cameroy and is not other than small Knobs or Bladders on the roof of the Mouth or upon the Tongue and the cause for the most part is the Horse's feeding in wet or low Marshes in frosty weather or by eating unsavory Hay in which Vermin have pissed or dunged And further some hold it to proceed from the Horse's licking up unsavory things tending to a Venomous quality To remedy which Take Vinegar and Bay-salt with the Juyce
and apply them Poultis-wise to the place grieved as hot as conveniently may be endured For a Swelling in the Throat or under the Ears Take Neetsfoot-oyl a pint of the leaves of Marigolds a handfull Saffron a dram and of white Bread four ounces boil them together till they become the thickness of a Poultis and apply them hot to the place grieved To draw or break a Boyl or Vlcerons Sore c. Take the flowers of Lady-cups the roots of Cuccowpintle the leaves of Burdock and the flowers or roots of Water-lillies of each half a handfull boil them in a quart of Linseed-oyl and Mash them into a smallness which done apply them Plaster or Poultis-wise binding them hot to the place grieved as conveniency directs An excellent Poultis to asswage any Pain or superate Tumour Take the leaves of Mallows half a handfull of Groundsel one handfull boil them in running-Running-water till they may be made into a Mash then add to them a pint of Cream and two ounces of crumbled Wheaten-bread of Mutton-suet half a pound Oyl of Roses two ounces and the Whites of two Eggs boil them all till they become the thickness of a Poultis and in that manner apply it to the place grieved renewing it as you see occasion A Poultis to break any Infectious Sore Take of Lilly-roots two ounces Marshmallows and Violet-roots of each the like quantity Rye-meal and Linseed-oyl of each four ounces of Barley and Wheat-meal each an ounce to these add two blew Figs of the flowers of Cammomoil half an ounce and the bark of Elder-roots the like quantity boil them stamped and well bruised till they may be strained into a pulp then add again Barrows-grease and Oyl of Almonds of each two ounces and apply it to the place till you perceive it drawn to a head after which you may Lance it and with a Plaster of Diaculum draw out the Infectious matter and heal the griewed part To disperse the Flux or Oppression of Blood in any part Take Frankincense Alloes Dragon's blood and Bole-armorick of each half an ounce the Whites of two Eggs and the Wool of an old Hare mingle them well in a pint of Aquavitae and let them boil till they come to a thickness then Plaster-wise apply them to the place grieved as hot as may be endured For an Imposthume or sudden Swelling in any part of the Body Take French Barley a pound bruise it with the like quantity of Linseed shread to them a handfull of Marshmallows and seeth them together in a quart of new Milk till they come to a solid thickness then as hot as may be endured apply them to the Swelling and so continue to do for four or five days successively In case of the Palsey in the Head a disease seldom happening to Horses apply this Poultis viz. Take a large Onion roast it well then put to it an ounce of the Oyl of Spike Olive-oyl and Lavender-flowers of each two ounces Marjorum and Winter-savory of each half a handfull well shread boil these and apply them as a Poultis hot as may be well endured And thus much in brief of things in this kind AS for Balms and Balsoms seeing they are wonderfull usefull on sundry occasions I think it not amiss to speak something more of them and their use by way of Receipt And first To heal and contract any Wound Take of Mummy three ounces Alloes Epatick half the quantity Stone-pitch two ounces Sarcol half an ounce Gum-arabick and Mastick of each a quarter of an ounce add to these half a pint of Aquavitae melt and order them over a gentle fire till they become a Balm and then as occasion serves dipping a Linnament in the contracted Medicament apply it to the Wound as often as is convenient An inward Balm to destroy Worms and heal Internal Bruises Take Oyl of Turpentine half a pound Myrrh Storax and Galbanum of each an ounce Cloves and Cinamon in Powder of each half an ounce Deer's-suet half a pound and of Amber-grease a dram make them into a Balm over a gentle fire and give the Horse in warm Ale the quantity of a Walnut fasting An excellent Balm in case of any Sprain Internal Bruise Swelling Blasting old Sore or Gun-shot Take of Turpentine an ounce Galbanum two ounces Cicatrine Mastick Cloves Galingal Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce Gum of Jope half an ounce beat them and well incorporate them then distill them over a gentle fire in a Glass and when the thinest part is drawn off the next will be a Red Oyl and that is it which is to be applied with the greatest success though the first is wonderfull efficacious and usefull on many occasions An excellent Balm to be given a Horse inward in case of a Consumption Take of the best Turpentine a pound Pine-Rosin a fourth part Myrrh Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces Sarcocoâ— Mace Wood of Alloes of each an ounce and of Saffron half an ounce put them in a Glass retort in hot Embers and after the Water or the clearer part is drawn off there will come forth a redish Oyl which may be given him four drams in a morning fasting suffering him to take it in half a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Red Water to cure Vlcers Make a Lye of Ashwood-ashes that a gallon of the liquid part may be drawn from it and add to it a gallon of Tanners Ousey in which no Leather has been steeped steep in these two pounds of Madder and dissolve half a pound of Roach-Allom then let them simper over a soft fire till a third part be consumed after which run it through a fine Sieve and dust into it Bole-armorick which done set it again over the fire till it come to half the quantity and so as you see occasion you may wash the place grieved with it An excellent Water to allay any Internal heat or feaverish Indispondency Take of Savory Sorrel Bugloss Burrage and Endive of each a handfull chop them small and boil them in two quarts of running-Running-water scuming it till half be consumed and add as much Verjuyce as will make it up the first quantity sweeten the Liquid part with brown Sugar and reserve it for your use giving the Horse half a pint at a time fasting In case a Horse be troubled with the Stone an excellent Water Take two quarts of new Milk and of Saxafrage Parsley Mint Fennel Pellitory of the Wall Mother Thyme green Sage and the roots of Radishes each an ounce bruise the latter adding two quarts of White-wine and so if your conveniency will admit distill them if not boil them and strain out the Liquid part and give him half a pint at a time having first scraped into it the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg For any disease in the Eyes another excellent Water c. Take of Maiden-hair and Ground-ivy a handfull of each the flowers of Arch-angel the like quantity the powder of Alablaster two ounces
and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and as occasion serves apply them to the place grieved till you find the extraordinary heat abate An excellent Oyntment or rather Balsom to be inwardly given a Horse for Obstructions Bruises and other Ailments and Grievances Take of Refined or rarified Turpentine two ounces Stag's-suet the like quantity Amber-grease two scruples Olibanum an ounce Oyl of Roses two ounces and a dram of the Oyl of Amber heat these gently till they incorporate and then take a small quantity and with fine flower make a Paste to the bigness of a Walnut and give it the Horse to swallow giving him after it half a pint of warm Mallaga To make a green Oyntment proved by Experience more effectual than what has formerly been published Take the Juyce of Sage two ounces as much of that of Rue an ounce of Verdegrease and of Aqua-vitae half a quartern mix these over a gentle fire and add of the Powder of Elecampane-roots an ounce with the Powder of white Copras calcined half an ounce make them into an Oyntment with Olive-oyl and half an ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine An excellent Remedy for the Staggers or any Pain that suddenly takes a Horse sometimes to the loss of his life Take the fat of the Guts of a Capon two ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds two ounces of Olive-oyl half a pint incorporate them well over a gentle fire then drop into them the Chymical Oyl of Nutmeg a dram and the like quantity of that of Spicknard and Bay-berries and having incorporated them farther into an Oyntment when you perceive your Horse afflicted dip a feather in the Oyntment and thrust it up the nostrils of the Horse and anoint them as high as may be then burn under his nose Storax on a Chafing-dish of Charcole placing a Tunel so over it that the smoak may ascend into the nostrils only This is likewise good for any cold Rheum that afflicts the head and will bring away the superfluous humour An excellent Salve for any Wound Take Hog's Lard half a pound Bees-wax a pound Stone-pitch six ounces unslacked Lime beaten into Powder an ounce the Powder of dried Foxes Lungs an ounce make them into a Salve with two ounces of Turpentine and apply it Plaster-wise to any Gangreen ulcerous Sore Botch Strain Slip Spavin after its being opened or other Sorrance and by due application it will answer your expectation An approved Salve to draw any stub thorn or splinter of Bone or Wood out of the flesh Take of Burgundia-pitch four ounces the like quantity of Per-rosin Nut-oyl two ounces and the like quantity of Linseed-oyl and an ounce of the Juyce of Hemlock make them into the thickness of a Salve and apply it Plaster wise to the grieved part till you find the head of the offensive matter and then with your Instrument delate the flesh and draw it out To fill a Wound Vlcer or the like with good flesh an excellent Plaster Take Mutton-suet half a pound the Juyce of Baum a quarter of a pint the Oyntment of Marshmallows and Groundsel of each two ounces burnt Allom in Powder two ounces Rosin half a pound and Bees-wax as much as will make it up into a Salve A Salve to draw Corruption from the bottom of any Wound or to draw a Swelling or any such grievance to a head Take Turpentine half a pound Linseed-oyl half a pint Chalk beaten to Powder an ounce the Juyce of Orpin half a quartern Galbanum two ounces and Oyl of Vitriol a dram make them into a Salve and apply them to the place grieved and in so doing you will find your expectation answered To ripen a Tumour or asswage any Swelling not abounding with extraordinary humours Take the fat of an Urchin or Hedge-hog four ounces Tarr two ounces old Cheese well beaten in a Mortar four ounces the Juyce of Garlick half a quarter of a pint Bees-wax six ounces and Stone-pitch six ounces make them into a Salve and apply the Plaster on a piece of Sheeps-leather An excellent Poultis for a Tumour or Swelling Take Linseed-oyl half a pint the Whites of six Eggs Bole-armorick two ounces Groundsel and Smallage of each a handfull well bruised in a Mortar Celendine and Comfory the like quantity so ordered fry them together and lay them on as hot as may be This either allays the swelling if only fleshly occasioned by a stroke or Saddle-pinching or brings it to head in case it proceeds from humours gathering oâ— contracting in one place A Charge to ease a pain in the Back or for any Sprain Take new Cow-dung four ounces the roots oâ— Burdock two ounces washed and sliced Borage and Bugloss of each a handfull Oyl of Bays six ounces bruise them well together and heating them over the fire suffer them to be as hot as may be well endured and apply them as a Poultis To mollifie any Chap or rough Sore Take Comfory the roots of Scabeous and the leaves of Plantane boil them in Olive-oyl being first well bruised to a softness then add Neatsfoot-oyl half the quantity of the Olive-oyl and then strain off the Liquid part and with it anoint the place grieved For the Eyes of a Horse afflicted by any means an approved Water to cure or ease them Take of the Juyce of Pimpernel and Eyebright of each a like quantity both consisting of half a pint add to them the Powder of Lapis Calaminaris quenched in White-wine an ounce and as much of the Powder of burnt Allom two drams of the Calcine of Crabs-eyes and as much of the powder'd pith of Oysters dip a feather in them well mingled by stirring and rub it so dipped into the Eyes A Water to Wash the Mouth in case of any Sorrance or defect Take Spring-water a pottle Roach-Allom a pound and English Honey the like quantity dissolve them â—nto the Water over a gentle fire and add half a pint of the Juyce of Hysop and the like quantity of that of Celendine or Vervine boil them to the consumption of a third part and with the Water wash the Horse's mouth as you see occasion A Pill good for any Internal disorder c. Take of Alloes Epatick half an ounce Powder of Ruburb the like quantity the Juyce of Water-cresses half a quarter of a pint and the Berries of Juniper dried and beaten into Powder an ounce make these with the Oyl of Myrtle into Pills as big as hazle-nuts and give him four at a time successively in warm Ale or new Milk every morning A Supplement exceeding good for any strain or grief in the Sinews c. Take Bacon Lard half a pound the Oyl or Oyntment of Smallage two ounces black Snails a handfull the Powder of Mastick two ounces bruise and incorporate them and so apply them to the place grieved A Vomit for a Horse that has a Queesy stomach thereby to render him a good Appetite Take Spurg-lawrel
a handfull Briany-root an ounce boil them in a quart or three pints of Water then strain out the Liquid part and having sweetned it with Sugar-candy give it him hot and tend him that he catch not cold To purge Melancholy Take Scammony a dram the Juyce or Seeds of black Helebore two ounces dissolve the former in and mingle the latter with a pint of warm Ale and give it him to drink fasting To purge Phlegm Take of the Juyce of Ivy-leaves or berries half an ounce or the Decoction of them being very strong add the grains of Cochneal two ounces the roots of Fern washed and sliced two ounces Colocinthius an omnce make of these a drench with White-wine give it the Horse warm and keep him two hours after fasting CHAP. XXV Clysters how to make them and on what occasion they ought to be applied in order to their effectual working and bringing away bad humours SInce Clysters in case of Internal distempers are very necessary I cannot omit them but proceed amongst other things to speak of such as cannot but be usefull and especially those that are capable of purging the several humours or at least ways to cause an evacuation of those crudities they have contracted in the bowels And in this case if your Horse is very laxative which frequently is occasioned by flegmatick humours Take of the Juyce of Pelletory of the Wail a quarter of a pint add to it Verjuyce and Olive-oyl of each half a pint and of stale Beer a quart boil them together to the consumption of a sixth part and being warm put them into your Glister-bag and force them up the body of the Horse and by binding down his Tail suffer them to remain there if possible for the space of an hour and give him thereupon Water wherein Scabeous has been concocted In case of any Pestilential disease occasioned by a cholerick or firey humour Take of the Seeds of Colloquintida cleared from the husks half an ounce the Juyce of Centaury and Wormwood of each an ounce Castoreum half the like quantity Juyce of Wood-sorrel two ounces and half a pint of Olive-oyl concoct them in two quarts of Water a little sweetned with brown Sugar and force it into the Horse's body using him as before is mentioned For any Internal distemper proceeding from Melancholy Take Anniseeds and the Seeds of Mallows beaten to Powder of each an ounce boil them with a small quantity of Savin in a quart of Whey or Skim-milk then add a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and so having well strained out the Liquid part give it him in his Fundament luke-warm For any distemper Internal occasioned by sanguine corrupt Blood or watry Humours by means of bad concoction or obstruction c. Take of the leaves and roots of Marshmallows a handfull Violet-leaves double the quantity Linseed and Coriander-seeds of each a handfull white Lilly-roots an ounce the Juyce of Senne the like quantity with the latter boil them in two quarts of Water to the consumption of a third part and then add Oyl of Olives a pint and give it him warm Clyster-wise For Sickness in general an approved Clyster Take of the Oyl of Dill and Cammomoil of each an ounce the Oyl of Cassa half an ounce the Juyce of Violet-leaves two ounces Then having concocted a good quantity of Mallows in two quarts of Water strain out the Liquid part and put the fore-mentioned Ingredients therein and administer them blood-warm This in all violent diseases especially is singular good In case of Restringency or hard Binding Take the Juyce of Fumetory a quarter of a pint the Syrup of Roses two ounces and as much of the Oyl of Bays Neatsfoot-oyl half a pint and of the Juyce of Mulberries two ounces add to these a pint of new Milk and force them up the Horse's Fundament very warm and so upon other the like occasions Observe in giving of Clysters that the quantity must in all probability be reduced or augmented according to the quality or temperature of the Horse Now note that if the Horse be never so large and in good case three quarts is an extraordinary dose and one quart an indifferent one so that I leave it to the discretion of the Practitioner to regulate the Liquid part as he sees convenient least by over-charging the Horse's bowels it burst forth before it has opportunity to work as it ought or by being under-charged it wants of its force to stir the humours and cause such an evacuation as is required And so submitting this to the discretion or judgment of those that shall make experiment I proceed to other matters altogether as necessary to be understood both as to what relates to the preservation of health and remedy of sickness CHAP. XXVI Cordials Cordial-Powders Drinks and Drenches Purgations and Suppositories wonderfully conducing to the health and strength of a Horse Diapente an excellent Powder in case of any cold or Pestilential disease To make it TAke Gentia Baccalani Round Aristolochia Myrrh and the Powder of Storax of each an ounce bruise them distinctly and pass the Powder through a fine Sieve and when you see occasion give the Horse from two to four drams in Muscadel or other sweet Wine as warm as may be and keep him from catching cold or for want of Wine give it him in strong Ale but Wine is better An excellent Cordial-Ball to be given in case of any Internal distemper and especially to prevent the Consumption or wasting any part c. Take dried Foxe's Lungs an ounce Methridate two ounces Powder of Licoris and that of the Seeds of Coriander of each an ounce the Powder of Cinamon and Pomgranet-seeds of each an ounce Spruce-beer or the Lees of Claret half a pint Thicken it with Allom-flower till the whole mass be infused therein and may be made up into balls as big as Walnuts and then give him one at a time as you see occasion sending after it a hot Drench of Ale or new Milk. This and the former being put into a glass or gally-pot and close stopped up will keep in a dry place a twelve month An excellent Drench to cure any Internal distemper proceeding from any of the four Humours of the Body c. especially such as are Pestilemial Having let your Horse blood if necessity by the Symptoms I have named in the foregoing part of the book requires it Take a handfull of Baum and as much Wormwood dry them till they may be rubbed into a Powder mix with the Powder the Juyce of Rue four ounces the Powder of grated Nutmeg well dried an ounce four grains of the Oyl of Amber and two of Bezora-stone dissolve these in a quart of Ale and give the Drench to the Horse as hot as is convenient and let him stand fasting two hours in a dry Stable after them For want of what is before mentioned Take Anniseed and the Seeds of Cardamums of each an ounce Bay-berries and Fenegreek-seed the
like quantity the sifted Powder of the Roots of Elecampane two ounces Olive-oyl half a pint and a pint of new Milk mix them well together and sweeten the Liquid part whilst it is seething over the fire with white Sugar and give it him as warm as is convenient ordering him as before Suppositories and their Vse This word speaks the intention of the thing which is no other than a preparing before-hand the Horse's body to receive a Purge or Clyster Now for the former Take Water wherein Wood-sorrel and Maiden-hair a herb so called has been boiled and give it him to drink with his Provender a day before or Water wherein Deal Saw-dust has been boiled or steeped the like you may do with the Leaves of Bays or Holley or any thing that may either open the Veins or fix the humour so that it may be in a readiness for the purgation to work on The other is to be put up into the Horse's Fundament after he is well raked to prepare him for a Clyster as a large Candle a roasted Onion Garlick and Rue bruised and made up into a Ball with white Flower or a Wash-ball and these must be suted according to the humour predominant And in this case some hold what I shall name to be authentick Take say they for Choler bruised Staveacar and Savin made into a Ball as big as a Tennis-ball with Honey and Bean-flower If for Phlegm Castle-soap a piece as big as a two-peny Wash-ball rowled in Powder of Ginger If for Melancholy a red Onion roasted and stuck with Cloves And lastly for Sanguine or over-flowing of bad humours proceeding from the naughtiness of the blood make a Suppository of Honey Bole-armorick sweet Butter and bruised Spermint make them up with Oat-meal small ground and sifted into a Paste And to keep any of these in which must be done for the space of an hour you must bind down the Tail and gently Trot your Horse and when you perceive him sweat bring him into the Stable and drawing forth what remains undissolved in his Fundament give him the Clyster you have prepared and expect the success CHAP. XXVII Perfumes Baths and Purgations what they are and to what end they serve with the manner how and under what considerations they ought to be applied PErfumes are much available to remove bad scents or noisome vapours from the head or stomach of a Horse and being moderately and seasonably applied greatly contribute to his health And in this case if the Horse be afflicted with cold diseases or those that proceed from cold raw humours Take Storax and Benjamin of each half an ounce Olibanum and Frankincense of each a quarter of an ounce Oyl of Petrolum an ounce bruise the Drugs and make them up in small balls as big as a pea burn them upon a chafing-dish of Coles so that the smoak may affect the mouth and nostrils of the Horse and that he may draw it in with his breath and to make him the better so to do put a gag in his mouth that it may stand open If the Horse be troubled with giddiness in his head which is known by the dullness of the Eyes burn Feathers under his nose shavings of Leather or Camel's Hair or the Seeds of Fennel and Anniseeds The Roots of Horse-radish or Ruburb will have the same effect or any thing of strong scent whether Gums Oyls Roots Herbs or other things of the like nature and quality In case of Bathing a Horse commonly called the Horse-Bath it is no more than the concocting divers herbs that are cooling and supple and with the Liquid part wash and supple the place grieved to render a limberness of the Joynts or remove dirt or any the like disorder or grievance and may many times upon a Journey be used with success to restore or refresh a tired Horse being applied warm to his Limbs And the best of this kind take as followeth Take Sorrel Mallows Groundsel Cammomoil Sperage Sow-thistle Comfory and Scabeous Endive Bugloss and Featherfew boil them in two gallons of running-Running-water and when you find they are sufficiently feethed strain out the Liquid part or if you find your Horse much given to coldness you may boil them in Chamber-lye Directions for Purging according to the estate and condition of your Horse If you perceive your Horse of a strong constitution not impaired by disease or want then may you give him strong provocatives that by a conquering quality may prevail against the distemper but if he be weak and infeebled then nature being unable to keep her station and the potion being strong great injury may happen by reason of the fixation or settlement of the gross humours and crudities Wherefore the sudden and violent operation not being capable of removing them will prey upon and evacuate those good humours that should strengthen and support the body And therefore in case of weakness a weaker potion must be given that by long continuance and easie working it may by degrees loosen and attract what is offensive And now for a gentle Purge Take two ounces of Turnsole and half an ounce of the Powder of Alloes dissolve them in a quart of Ale wherein half a dozen Lawrel-leaves have been concocted give it him warm and attend the working of it giving him the better to hearten him a Toast dipped in Canary about half an hour after But if the Horse be so strong that he will dispence with a violent Purge then Take of Colloquintida three ounces Ruburb in Powder an ounce Scamony two grains dissolve them in half a pint of the Juyce of Hysop and the like quantity of Canary give them the Horse very warm and keep him stirring in a warm Stable two hours at least without giving him any thing and when by a conquering quality they prevail over the distemper give him a warm mash but no hard meat till six hours after by which time it will have done working And in case of cold distempers you may somewhat augment the Dose And now as to the Humours if we take them distinctly Alloes and Cassia purge Melancholy Colloquintida Phlegm Ruburb Sanguine and Scamony Choler Nor are these the only things that do it but there are are divers others yet seeing I have largely directed on that occasion I shall wave them in this Chapter CHAP. XXVIII Costicks Corrosives and Rowelling what they are for what causes and in what manner to be applied AS for Costicks and Corrosives they are potable Cauterizings or Burnings with Oyl Water or Mineral Chymically prepared and sometimes contracted by making a Wound or breaking the Skin with Roots and Herbs participating of a firey nature and these are used in eating away dead flesh boney or spongy Excressences and in case of the Farcy Mangy Ringworm or the like loathsome dangerous distempers And the chief these are Aqua-fortis Aqua-regis Vitriol Oyl of Tartar Quick-lime Oyl of Spike Arsnick or Resalgar Aegyptiacum Crocus-martis Mercury Sublimate Copras Verdegrease Allom
rather than good blood and the latter by feeding the heat which otherwise would decay that consumes the Radical moisture The help for this is first feeding the Horse by degrees suffering a regular digestion and the latter by giving him cooling things to allay the heat and moderate the Appetite are the best things to reduce him to a due temperature and managed diet as has been said but more particularly give him a quart of Cream a pint of White-wine boiled with a handfull of Wood-sorrel and the like quantity of Scabeous or Mugwort the liquid part only Let him take it cold and rest upon it and it will close the Veins to that degree that the digestion may be made perfect as also it will allay the heat Yellow and Black Jaundice in a Horse the Cause and Cure c. The Yellow Jaundice generally arises from the abundance of cholerick humours contracted which occasion the over-flowing of the Gall and are great oppressors of the body and obstructors of health and the signs are the yellowness of the Mouth-skin insides of the Lips and Eyes There is another kind of this disease that proceeds from Melancholy and these are called the Black Jaundice and have their original from Obstructions in the Liver-vein which passeth to the Spleen and consequently hinders the Spleen from doing its proper office by receiving only corrupted Blood from the Liver and so is obliged by reason of its being surcharged to cast it back into the Veins And this latter in case of death as indeed being most dangerous mastereth the former but a timely regard may remove them as thus Take after you have blooded your Horse in the third Barr of the Mouth an ounce of Turmerick and half an ounce of Saffron four or five Cloves and six spoonfulls of strong Vinegar Long-Pepper and Licoras beaten fine of each an ounce with the like quantity of Burdock-roots boil them in two quarts of Ale till a third or at least a fourth part be consumed and give it him to drink very hot and in so doing you will find the bad humours disperse and by degrees losing their force by the opperation of nature and the conquering quality of the Medicament but if it be too long delay'd it many times runs beyond the help of Art. Costiveness from whence it proceeds and its Remedy This disorder is a hardning of the Excrements in the body so that without great pain the Horse cannot evacuate or void his Dung and this is often occasioned by excess of Provender insomuch that nature forces it into the Bowels before it be well digested in the stomach or again it happens by feeding altogether upon dry Meats the which though wholsome and nourishing contract notwithstanding the Excrements by the extraordinary heat they occasion and it may likewise happen by excessive fasting To remedy which you may give him a Clyster made in this manner Take a handfull of Marshmallows decoct them in Spring-water not exceeding a quart add to these half a pint of Salad-oyl and six ounces of fresh Butter of Benedicta Laxativa an ounce and force them warm up his Fundament holding or tying close his Tail by bringing it with a cord between his Legs obliging him to keep it in for the space of an hour And the beteer to make it work give him a warm Mash and as soon as he has discharged it give him in a Drenching-horn a potion made after this manner Take two ounces of Castle-soap dissolve it in a pint of warm White-wine and with it a quarter of a pint of Linseed-oyl sweetning them all with Sugar-candia and give it him as hot as he can drink it The Cramp or Convulsion in the Nerves or Sinews how occasioned together with the Remedy c. These generally proceed from some bruise wound or other hurt on the Nerves or Sinews or excessive straining especially where the Horse after a great heat by riding or servile labour suddainly cools This grievance is known by the trembling of the Joynts Nerves or Veins or by their contracting to such a stubbornness or stiffness that for a time neither the Horse nor those that attempt to help him are capable of bending them To cure this Take Cammomoil Primrose-leaves the Roots of Crowfeet and Cowslips with the Branches of Fennel Rosemary and Pimpernel boil them in running-Running-water and having pressed out the liquid part bathe the place grieved with it exceeding hot binding on the Herbs Poltis-ways with course Linnen or bands made of Straw or Hay and keeping him in a warm Stable with good Provender his Limbs will be restored and rendered as before and the better to hearten him let him receive for a Morning or two the Yolk of an Egg in a Glass of Canary The Mourning of the Chine its Cause and the means to Cure it This grievance is caused by suddainly cooling upon excessive heats standing in damp or wet places or eating such things as turn to raw humours which falling upon the Liver and Lungs frequently inflame or putrefie them so that they occasion the Horse by defect of their office to fall down suddainly and dye Therefore when you by any trembling or dullness suspect this grievance let your Horse blood and having chafed him well Take Olive-oyl and Verjuyce of each two ounces the Juyce of Sellendine and Powder of Elecampane-Roots of each an ounce warm them a little and tying his head up to the Rack pour them into his Nostrils stopping them close after it that he may be forced to sneeze and strain to cast it out after which having an ounce of the Powder of Ruburb heated in a pint of Canary give it him in a Drenching-horn as hot as he can well endure it and so use him each Morning for a week together and the bad humours will be worked off Frenzy or Madness its Original with the means to remedy it according to the Experienced way This disease is very dangerous and often terminates in death and is occasioned by hot and firey humours unseasonably mixing with the blood which by its ascending Inflamation afflicts the Brain that principal seat of life And this is known by the staring of the Horse the distorting of his Eyes hanging of his Ears Staggering and Giddiness his often crying and forsaking his Mean and if it be wrought to a hight his often beating himself against the Post Manger or other places he can conveniently come at biting stamping and flying about with many the like disorders To remedy this speedily let him Blood in the Temple-veins and if he bleed not freely there strike him in the Neck-veins when having bled sufficiently Take the Roots of Gourds or wild Cucumers Black Helebore Rue and Mint with Virgo Pastoris each a handfull boil them in Beer or fair running-Running-water and give him the liquid part very warm and doing so three or four times it will purifie and purge the Blood but if you suppose it too weak for the Horse's constitution you may dissolve in
the Ring-bone This Ring-bone is an Excressence generally growing upon the Instep just above the Hoof on the forepart of the hinder-leg and is many times as big as a Pigeon's Egg To remove this Tye up the contrary Leg of your Horse and strike with a sharp Bodkin according to the form in the Margent five or six holes in the Ring-bone at the edge of it suffering the holes to be of an equal distance and put into them Arsnick or White Mercury beaten into fine Powder and with the Skin of Mutton-suet bind the Sorrance up for the space of a day and a night and it will eat it away by its corrosive quality the foundation so that the Ring-bone being anointed with Supplements will fall off or crumble away For the Water-Farcion a Remedy This distemper is occasioned by the Horse's unwholsome feeding in low wet ground where the moisture is great insomuch that with the Grass the Horse takes in extraordinary quantities which frequently occasions soft swellings under the belly and chaps To cure this work A piece of Iron in the fashion of a Fleam and having heated it red hot strike it through the Skin of the Swellings and the contracted humours will flow thence being an oyly-water of colour yellowish and sometimes greyish and then there needs no more than to wash it with Chamber-lye as hot as can be well endured having mixed with it the infusion of Tobacco-stalks and Powder of Bole-armorick For the Ives a Remedy This distemper is found to grow like a Roll between the Neck and the hinder-part of the Jaw-bone and is of dangerous consequence if it ascend to the roots of the Ears The speediest Remedy for these is to let the Horse bleed well in the Neck-vein then take Pepper Hog's Lard and Vinegar each half an ounce with a spoonfull of the Juyce of Savin make them up as thick as may be put one half of them into one Ear and the rest into the other stop them in with Lint stitching up the Ears so fast that he cannot shake them out for the space of twenty four hours and they will distill into the Head an opperative quintessence that will dissolve the swelling To take off the Film or Skin from a Horse's Eye To remove this Obstruction to the sight Take a piece of lean hung Beef or other salt Beef dry it in an Oven to that degree that it may be reduced to Powder and do the like by a stick of Licoris so take of them an equal quantity and a third part of Burnt Roach-Allom mix them well and each morning blow with a Quill about a peny weight into the Horse's Eye drawing the lids together if he will suffer it the better to keep in the Powder and in so doing every other day for five or six days together the Film will vanish This likewise will remove the Pin and Web. A Mallender the Remedy to Cure it Having rubbed it well with a cloth mix Soap with red Mercury precipitate and having anointed the place grieved therewith take away the hair and having four days successively anointed it in the same manner afterward use mollifying Oyls or Oyntments to take away the heat of the former unguent and then wash the place with Urin or Vinegar till it be restored For the Palsey or Apoplexy a Remedy These distempers are occasioned by the Nerves and Sinews as also the Brain being afflicted with bad humours or ascending vapours and the signs are the stiffness of the Neck and hinder parts the hardness of his Flanks and the dullness of his Eyes To remedy which Take the Oyl of Peter and chafe it into those parts you perceive to be afflicted force it for its more speedy penetration with an Iron indifferently hot and after that give him half a pint of Peneroyal-water sweetned with Sugar and cover him up warm you may if you can oblige him to lye down cover him with the reeking Litter and gently twist a thumb-band of the same all over his Neck A Farcion in the Head and Neck to Cure. For this distemper proceeding from corrupt humours the Neck-veins must be breathed Then mix the Juyces of Housleek and Hemlock a like quantity not exceeding two spoonfulls adding a spoonfull of Olive-oyl and dividing them into equal potions put a half into each Ear stopping it in with Cotton or Lint and tye up the Ears for twenty four hours giving him at the end of three hours a warm Mash with a few Coreander-seeds in it A Linnament to cleanse a Wound new or old Take Elder-roots dry and beat them to Powder and boil the Powder with Honey and a little allom-Allom-water and make a Pessary or Linnament and dipping it therein when blood-warm wrap it round your Proble and gently cleanse the Wound Washing it likewise with water and it will cause it to fill with flesh For Kibed-heels commonly called the Mules a Remedy These Sorrances are no other than dry Scabs breeding upon the Horse's heels and so inward to the fetlock in long chinks chops and creases c. and the occasion is going in wet and dirty ground and then heated without any regard or good looking to which makes even a good Horse when so afflicted stiff and unfit for service To remedy which Take Calcined Tartar and dissolve it in Water and when it is congealed in the nature of Salt mix it with Soap and the Oyl of Tobacco and with it anoint the Sorrance washing it before and after with strong Beef-broth and in four or five days with this continuance they will be well especially if the Chops or Rifts are not exceeding deep The Quitter-bone what it is with its Remedy An excellent Cure for the Blood-spavin c. Take up and knit the Vein above the grievance and having divided it take of Linseed a pint bruise it well and fry it in a Pan with new Cow-dung and add more four ounces of Hog's Lard and two of the Juyce of Hemlock and so in the form of a Cataplasm apply it renewing it every day and it will cause the Sore to come to a head and then by breaking it brings away the corruption For a Neather Attaint or Over-reach in the Pastern-Joynt This Sorrance is known by a little gellied bladder on the hollow of the Pastern-Joynt not much differing from a Wind-gall which though many times not to be seen at a distance yet may it be found and known by feeling To cure or remove this Take a small cord or list and rowl it somewhat strait from the Knee to the Neather-Joynt and then with a Fleam let out the corrupt matter which being pressed out Take the Whites of four Eggs a handfull of Bay-salt and two ounces of the Juyce of Hemlock mix them well together and dipping a Rag into them or rather a wadd of Flax having first unbound the string lay it on the place where the swelling was and bind it softly on and so continue to renew it for the space of four
or dried Lavender a handfull boil them in Ale or White-wine and give him the Liquid part ordering him as for the former For any disease and stoppage in the Liver The Obstructions in the Liver frequently happen through excess of humours that not capable of being digested into good and wholsome blood clog and hinder the cavities of the passages and by that means cause pains and sickness Now to remove these humours known by the dullness of the countenance hanging of the head often straining and inward groaning Take Agremony Cammomoil Eumetory Pursley Woormwood Succory Endive the Seeds of Lupins and Flowers of Mayweed a handfull Licoris Gentian and Spikenard of each an ounce bruise them well and boil them in a quantity sufficient of Syder or Perry and give it the Horse very warm and let him walk thereupon for the space of an hour after and for a fortnight after be sparing in his diet that the humours by this means may disperse and consume For a Botch or Sorrance in the Groin of a Horse a good Cure. When by the Tumourousness of the flesh you perceive a swelling to arise in the Groin of a Horse Take Shoomakers Wax the white sort add to an ounce of it half an ounce of the Powder of Bilthwortroots and as much Amoniacum and over a gentle fire make them into a Plaster which being spread upon a feather apply it to the place till the swelling is ripe for breaking then Lance it and take out the putrefaction after that wash the Sorrance with Water wherein Allom and Honey have been dissolved till you find it begin to heal then anoint it with Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and bind it up For a general Manginess the Remedy This happens through the corruption of the blood and grossness of humour occasioned by over-labouring over-heating and bad feeding or any of these and may be sometimes catched by contagion from other Horses the sign is an extraordinary itching which you may observe by his scrubbing and the rising of little Knots within the Skin which being perceived Take Verdegrease two ounces common Soap a pound Oyl of Spike two ounces Linseed-oyl a pint Red-wine half a pint incorporate them over a gentle fire reducing them to the thickness of an Oyntment having first let the Horse Blood anoint him with the Oyntment after the Scurf and Scabs are like-likewise rubbed off and so continue to do for a week or so long till you perceive the distemper to cease by the dying of the Scabs and the coming of good flesh The Barbs what they are and how removed This troublesome Sorrance happens under the tongue of the Horse being composed of too long bags of flesh like Paps or Nipples growing as they abound with humour more or less and hinder the Horse much in his feeding putting him to no small trouble Now to remedy it clip them off close to the Jaw and Take of Allom an ounce Honey the like quantity Bay-salt a handfull and the Juyce of Mint a quarter of a pint dissolve and boil these in a quart of fair water and wash the roots of the Barbs till they heal Some there are that advise Burning them off but in my opinion by reason of their scituation that is neither so easie to be done nor safe least the Tongue-string or small Veins be thereby rendred useless and consequently the Horse defective in his feeding For Blood-shot Eyes an excellent Remedy The Eyes by straining blow or super-abundance of corrupt blood becoming red and rheumy so that unless speedily cured they may turn to further prejudice if not to blindness To cure this Take the Juyce of a Lemon the crumbs of White-bread Bole-armorick and a rotten Apple bruise them together and make of them a Cattaplasm or Plaster Then take the Powder of the Roots of Mallows with that of a crust of brown Bread and blow into the Eyes binding over them the Plaster or rather Poultis and in so doing three or four times the Blood and Rheum will be driven back and dispersed but if it be so great that this cannot conquer it then bleed your Horse in the Temple-veins For any Film Bite or Blow in the Eye a Remedy Take Copras that which is white a quarter of an ounce and the like quantity of Verdegrease beat them to Powder and dry them well upon a Plate or Spatula and after that take of it to the quantity of half a dram and blow it into the Eye with a quill then close the Horse's Eye a quarter of an hour and after that wash it with Eye-bright-water and so continue to do till all your Powder is wasted and then you will perceive a brightness in your Horse's Eye all grievances being vanished To kill Lice or remove Flies from offending your Horse Take the Flower of Brimstone an ounce Quicksilver well killed the like quantity the Oyl of Spike two ounces mix them with the Whites of two Eggs and then boil them in two quarts of strong Urin and anoint the Horse therewith and it will prevent either the annoyance or cure it when contracted To rid a Horse from any foulness or disorder in the Body Take of Groundsel half a handfull red Sage the like quantity Smallage and Wormwood each a handfull shread them small and boil them well in a pint and a half of Ale into which put a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and an ounce of the Powder of Mechocan give the Liquid part to your Horse to drink as warm as possible and feed him with Mashes for a day afterward For an extraordinary Bruise or Bite Take of Caliminaris quenched in White-wine two drams an ounce of the Juyce of Housleek and two ounces of the Seeds of Mallows with an ounce of Venice-Treacle make them up into balls as big as Walnuts and give them the Horse in a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and at the same time apply a Plaster of Hemlock and Barrows-grease well stamped and mixed together And this being done for a week together will work strange effects in relation to a cure For a Horse that is troubled with the Strangling a Cure. Take of Elder-buds or the Bark of the Root of that Tree a good handfull Wormwood and the herb Mercury of each half a handfull and as much wild Tansey boil them well in two quarts of Vinegar and give them the Horse that is the Liquid part as hot as may be fasting To remedy the Swelling of a Horse upon having eaten any Infectious thing in his Grass or Provender that may if not remedied prove dangerous This grievance is known by the slavering of the Beast the staring of the Eyes and the rising of the Belly the beating of the Flanks and a cold sweat which perceived Take of the Juyce of Rue one pint two quarts of Milk and a pint of Olive-oyl boil them together till a third part be consumed and then sweetning it it with brown Sugar give it the Horse For a Heart-burning or Wasting
Sugar-candy or fine Sugar give it him blood-warm fasting and keep him warm with a cloth for the space of two hours after without Meat A Cure for a sore or defective Mouth The sores or disorders in the Mouth are occasioned either by bad blood or excessive colds creating rheums and noisome vapours that afflict the pallate for there they generally begin and from thence descending to the Jaws do in a great measure obstruct the feeding and hinder the shutting of the Mouth Now when it happens in the Palate only the best expedient is to let blood in the Mouth by cutting the third barr or as your discretion leads you The Horse being let blood Take of strong old Cheese four ounces and a Root of Garlick bruise them well and boil them in water wherein Plantane has been concocted and with the Liquid part wash the Mouth and Tongue of the Horse as hot as it may well be endured so continuing often to do till you find the grievances to decrease and if it be so far gone that this proves not effectual Take a pint of Verjuyce a handfull of Bay-salt a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Housleek and a penyworth of Diascordium boil them well and having washed his Mouth with savin-Savin-water or water wherein Savin has been concocted give him the before-mentioned potion to drink luke-warm For the Mellet in the Heels a Cure. Take three ounces of Casteel-soap a pound of English Honey Allom two ounces and of Lime-juyce or Verjuyce a quarter of a pint with half a handfull of Bean-flower incorporate them over a gentle fire and having reduced them to a convenient thickness bind a part of it with Leather or thick Linnen upon the place grieved suffering it without renewal to continue there for the space of five days and between each renewal wash the place well with Beef-broth keeping his Leg moist and roped up for some days after The Stavers their signs cause and cure This distemper is known by a dizziness in the Head a dullness of the Eyes and disorderly hanging of the Jaws and proceeds in chief from corrupt blood and infectious vapours that affect the brain and consequently put the whole frame out of order And this disease few Horses altogether escape The cure is to let him Blood in the Temple-veins or Neck-veins and having a potion made after this manner give it him hot viz. Take a handfull of Savin the like quantity of Rue an ounce of Ruburb and an ounce of Methridate give him these Ingredients the Liquid part well boiled in a quart of spring-Spring-water sweetned with brown Sugar or Molossus For the Stone a very good Remedy This distemper is occasioned by gross humours which setling in the Reins or Bladder do in process of time by the help of heat and moisture grow to a hardness and so obstruct the passage of the Urin and by grating those tender parts cause exceeding pain and disorder to the creature so afflicted To dissolve or remove the Stone so contracted Take the Roots of Nettles Parsley Fennel and Sperage of each four ounces of Saxafrage and Dodder each a handfull bruise and boil them in a quart of White-wine and a pint of Vinegar untill a third part be wasted then add a handfull of Bay-salt and half a pint of Olive-oyl with half a pound of Honey and having strained out the thin part as hot as may be let him drink it fasting and so continue to to do for the space of a week together and you will find the pains will cease To take away a Wen in the Neck or any part of the Horse's Body without danger These Sorrances are generally caused by the assembling of bad humours to one place and their contracting into a Tumour To remove them therefore Take the Oyl of Bays Water of Tartar and Soap-boylers-Lees mix them well and being very hot dip a cloth therein and lay it upon the place grieved continuing often so to do and the humours thereby being dispersed the swelling will sink and disappear The Crownet-Scab what it is together with the Cure. This is a troublesome Sorrance being a Scab round the corners of the hoof very cankerous and dangerous and frequently comes by a Horse's running in wet and mirey ground especially in Winter-time whereby the cold has power to contract the gross and disordered humours and is known by the hairs standing up the unevenness of the Crownet and the watry humour that proceeds from thence Wherefore to cure it Take Verdegrease an ounce Rusty Bacon-fat two ounces Powder of Hart's-horn an ounce wash the place with Beef-broth and having made the before-mentioned materials into an Oyntment anoint the place hot as may be endured and continue so to do for a week together after which anoint it with Oyl of Bays or Rosemary To draw out a Thorn or Stump or any Iron or sharp thing gotten into the flesh If you cannot come at the cause of this kind of Sorrance so as to draw it out with your fingers or Pincers then mollifie the swelling or part where you conceive it to be and Take of Burgundy-pitch an ounce and of black Soap two ounces stamp the Roots of Water-lillys to the quantity of both the former and spreading them Plaster-wise lay them to the place a night and a day and thereby the swelling will not only be sunk or depressed but the head of the Thorn or Iron will appear to that degree that it may be easily taken out after which apply a Plaster of Diaculum or Oxicrotium to bring away the festered matter if any be found there and so heal it with green Oyntment For a Strain in the Coffin-Joynt or Socket of the Hoof. This Sorrance happens by a sudden short slip and is not thought of by many Farriers who are of the opinion That under the hoof there can be no slip or strain though the contrary appears and this is found out by taking up the foot and bowing the hoof from side to side and on that side you perceive the Horse to be pained in so doing on that side is the danger This being perceived Take of Beef-brine a pint and as much tried Suet set them on the fire and let them consume to a third part then add Wheat-meal and the Juyce of Alehoof or Ground-ivy half a pound or so much that they may be made up into the thickness of a Poultis when having pared the hoof at the bottom to the quick spread some of it very hot and stop it in with Flax and so renew it every other day till you perceive by your Horse's going the grief removed and the better to keep it on you may clap a cross stick under the shooe or cover the whole foot with a pitched cloth or a thick sole of Leather will do the same office but observe that during the cure you suffer him not to go in wet and dirty ground For a Horse that is perpetually sick or out of order by retaining a