time Take eight large or ten small Nutmegs put 'em upon the Point of a Knife and hold 'em over a Candle till they be burnt to a red Coal then cast 'em into a Quart of Claret breaking 'em with your Fingers and after they have stood in Infusion all Night strain out the Wine in the Morning and make your Horse drink it blood-warm keeping him bridl'd two Hours before and as long after I have given this Remedy with very good Success to Men that were troubl'd with a Dysentery for the Salt of burnt Nutmegs being dissolv'd in the Wine stops and allays the Ebullition that causes the Flux A Binding Clyster Take Plantane Leaves in Summer or the Seeds in Winter and dry Provence Roses of each a sufficient quantity boil 'em in three Quarts of Beer and add to the Straining Catholicum two Ounces Rhubarb and Seal'd Earth of each four Ounces This Clyster binds moderately and being twice or thrice repeated stops a Super-Purgation in a Horse Another Potion Take two Quarts of Milk in which you have quench'd a Piece of Steel five or six times two Ounces of the Stones of Roasted Grapes an Ounce and a half of Shavings of Hart's-Horn calcin'd and beaten to a very fine Powder Mix for a Potion CHAP. CLXV Another Remedy for a Flux proceeding from a cold Cause DIssolve four Drams of Roman Vitriol reduc'd to Powder in five Pints of River-Water and let the Solution stand all Night to settle In the Morning pour out the clear Liquor throwing away the yellowish Sediment that remains at the Bottom Give your a Horse a Pint of it with a Horn heating it luke-warm in Winter and repeat the Dose every six Hours keeping him bridl'd an Hour before and as long after You may make the Remedy a great deal more effectual by adding to each Quart of the Liquor a Dram of Anniseeds and the like Quantity of Coriander-seeds both beaten to Powder If the Horse's Appetite be not spoil'd this Remedy will cure a Flux proceeding from the Ebullition of hot Humours if you continue the Use of it for some Days but the Cure may be hasten'd by injecting the following Clyster Take half an Ounce of dry Provence Roses and a Dram of Anniseeds boil 'em in two Quarts of this Water or Solution of Vitriol and after one Waum strain out the Liquor thro' a Linnen-Cloth and adding three Ounces of liquid Conserve of red Roses with a quarter of a Pound of fresh Butter Make a Clyster to be injected at the same time that the Potion is given inwardly and repeat the same twelve Hours after if you perceive that the Violence of the Disease is abated But if the Flux continue to torment the Horse you must repeat the Clyster every six Hours with the Potion If the Flux proceed from a cold Cause that is from flegmatic or pituitous Humours after the Clysters mention'd in the preceding Chapter you must give the following Potion A Potion for a Flux proceeding from a cold Cause Take the Yolks of six Eggs and an Ounce and a half of old Treacle dissolve 'em in three Pints of thick Claret in which you have quench'd a Piece of Steel heated red-hot three or four times You may afterwards repeat the Clysters if need require A Binding Clyster Take the Roots of Bistort and Tormentil grossly beaten of each two Ounces the Leaves of Mouse-Ear and Cypress of each one Handful Boil 'em in two Quarts of Claret and a Quart of Rain-Water and dissolve in the Straining two Ounces of fine Catholicum and twenty Grains of Opium A Potion for a Flux proceeding from a hot Cause Take of Conserve of Roses two Ounces Opium thirty Grains new Treacle half an Ounce Succory-Water and Plantane-Water of each a Pint. Mix and make a Potion In the mean time you must rub your Horse's Belly with astringent Baths or Fomentations which are proper for all sorts of Fluxes whether they proceed from hot or cold Caufes Astringent Baths for a Flux Take Leaves of Plantane and Knot-Grass of each four Handfuls Comfrey and Horse-Tail of each one Handful Gall-Nuts Cypress-Nuts and Acorns of each two Ounces red Roses and Leaves of white Mullein of each three Handfuls Boil 'em in a large Pot in an equal Mixture of Claret and Water first putting in the Nuts and Acorns beaten then the Leaves and last of all the Flowers and after they are sufficiently boil'd add a Pint of Vinegar and half a Pound of Oil of Quinces With this Decoction you must bathe your Horse's Belly fomenting it with warm Linnen-Clouts as I order'd in the Cure of a Shoulder-Sprain and you may also anoint your Horse's Belly with a Mixture of equal quantities of the Oils of Quinces and Myrtles The Use of this Bath may be repeated as often as you shall think fit 'T is also very profitable for great Swellings in the Belly occasion'd by Spur-Galling Swellings of the Cods Thighs or Houghs provided the Tumour proceed not from the Biting or Stinging of a venomous Beast You may also anoint the Belly with the Countess's Ointment and foment it with this Bath chusing such of the above-mention'd Remedies as you shall think most convenient or profitable CHAP. CLXVI Of the Falling of the Fundament SOmetimes a violent Flux the Piles or such like Distempers make the Horse strain so violently and with such an intolerable Pain that the Fundament falls out and appears visibly out of its Place And the same Accident is sometimes occasion'd by a Strain and very frequently by cutting off the Tail This Malady ought never to be neglected for it may be attended with dangerous Consequences and therefore you must anoint the Place with Oil of Roses blood-warm and afterwards endeavour to put it up But if you perceive no Amendment after two or three successless Attempts you must have recourse to the following Remedy Beat six Drams of Salt of Lead with half a Pint of Goat's-Milk or for want of that of Cow's-Milk till they be well incorporated You must first beat the Salt of Lead in a Mortar and pour on the Milk by Degrees beating and mixing 'em together all the while till they be reduc'd to the Thickness of a liquid Ointment Sometimes the Salt of Lead imbibes a larger quantity of Milk than at other times and therefore you must pour into the Mortar only what is sufficient to bring it into the above-mention'd Form Put a Tent into the Fundament dipt in this Ointment and anoint all the Part with it repeating the Application from time to time 'T is to be observ'd that when the Falling of the Fundament is occasion'd by the Cutting off of the Tail and accompany'd with a great Swelling the Horse is in a very dangerous Condition for 't is almost always a Sign of a Gangrene in the Tail that spreads towards the Back And therefore after a successless Tryal of this Remedy you may give him over for lost Another Remedy Take Powder of burnt Oyster-Shells two
and were it not for its dearth people might give six or seven Ounces of it to a horse at a time Agarick Attenuats Opens and purges gross Phlegm and also Choler it draws them from the Brain Nerves and Muscles and people might say that it would be one of the best Medicaments we have for horses were it but purgative enough it is sometimes Trochiscated or made into Troches which corrects it and it may be given from four to five Ounces which will however but purge very gently the only ill of this Remedy is that if it be not prepared into Troches it is too gentle Turbith purges but weakly gross viscuous and corrupt Phlegm it draws it from the Remote parts and is corrected with Ginger it may be given from two to four Ounces at most Hermodacts are a kind of Bulbows Roots they purge gently Phlegm visâ—â—â—â—â— Humours and draw them powerfully from the Joints they are corrected 〈◊〉 Spicknard and Cinnamon and may be given from three to four Ounces Mechoacan which is a Root so called from the Country where it groweth 〈◊〉 hath almost the same vertue as Jallap only that it is white whereas the Jallap is black Purges Phlegm and Watery Humours is good for an old Cough Colick 〈◊〉 Farcy it is corrected with Cinnamon Anniseeds and Mastick and its dose is 〈◊〉 Ounces Colocyâ—th or Coloquintida is a very light kind of fruit which purges phlegm 〈◊〉 other gross and viscuous humours from the most remote parts as the Brain Nerâ— Muscles Joynts and Lungs it is excellent for to carry away that vitrified Phleâ— which adheres to the Internal superfice of the Guts which causes violent Coliâ—â— and is a great Enemy to the Stomack and Intestines when it cleaves to them peâ—â—â—â— correct it by making it into Troches called Alâ—andal or with Oyl of Sweet Aâ—â—â—â—â— and Gum Tragacanth This is the common Purgative of the Farriers because it costs but little aâ—â— worketh strongly I have proposed a good preparation for Colocynth as you may in the 23 Chap. Sect. 3. of the 2d Part its Dose is from four to six Drams at 〈◊〉 given either in Butter Lard of Bacon or fresh Swines Seam Opoponax purges viscuous Phlegm from the remote Parts as the Joints howâ—â—â—â— it hath but a gentle operation it is corrected with Spicknard Ginger Cinnamon 〈◊〉 the Roots of Elecampane its Dose is four Ounces Gum-Sagapen or Sagarenum is somewhat of the nature of the preceeding Gum 〈◊〉 more proper for preparing and inciding or attenuating Humors than for purging Euphorbium is the gummy juice of a Tree which purges gross Phlegm and â—ther watry Humours but with such violence that I don't advise any man to give 〈…〉 his Horses inwardly by reason of its excessive Heat unless it be mixed with Cassia 〈◊〉 Example to four Ounces of Cassia add two Drams of prepared Euphorbium To prepare it you are to dissolve it either in distilled Vinegar or in the juice of Limons in Balnâ—â— Mariae or in a panful of warm Water over the fire then while it is warm pass it through a double linnen Cloath and evaporate its humidity 〈◊〉 it be dry its Dose is two or three Drams when it is thus prepared To compose a Remedy that will purge Phlegm you may take of Diacarthâ—â—â— â— Ounce A remedy to purge phlegm Agarick in Troches two Drams Turbith and Hermodacts of each an Ouâ—â—â— Spikenard Cinnamon and Ginger of each a Dram Coloquintida a Dram and 〈◊〉 make all into a Powder and mixing it with an English Quart of White Wine 〈◊〉 it to the Horse A man may also make use of the purging Pills which he will find ready prepâ—â—â—â— in the Apothecaries Shops by giving from one to two Ounces of them the 〈◊〉 which purge Phlegm are Ptlulae coâ—ciae foetidae majores Mesuae de agarico de hiera cum 〈◊〉 de sarcocolla de Colosynthide If your Horse be lean it will be more proper to give him 〈◊〉 purging Electuaries than Pills the Electuaries are the Diaphenicon or Electuary 〈◊〉 Dates the Diacarthamum Benedicta laxativa Nicolai hiera piâ—ra Galeni Electâ—â—â—â— Jndum majus Mesuae the Dose of any of these is from four to six Ounces Noâ— a man may of any number of the foresaid Medicaments which purge Phlegm â—â—pole a purgative Remedy proper for it by either mixing them with the above â—â—â—tioned Pills or Electuaries or other solid Medicaments according to their true 〈◊〉 and his own Judgement CHAP. LXI Of Medicaments which purge Melancholy SEvé possesses the first place amongst purgative Simples CHAP. LXI Of Medicaments which purge Melancholy it is a little Panchamagog or universal Purger the Physicians are so much taken with it that they make it enter into all their purgative Medicaments Fernel a Physician in Paris and one of the most skilful since Galen's time discourses thus of it in the fifth book of his Method Chap. 10. Sené purges very successfully the adust melancholick Humor Bile and gross Phlegm not immediatly from the remote parts but chiefly from the Spleen and other inward Parts from the Hypocondria and the Mesentery which is the real drain or sink of all the Excrements of the Body for there is no other Remedy which draws so powerfully the putrified and corrupt Humors from these parts or which penetrating unto the very cavities of the Veins does so well remove their old obstructions It is corrected with Spikenard Ginger and Cloves c. and its Dose is to four Ounces at most Polypody is rather a preparative than purgative people corrrect it with Liquorice and to assist its tardive Vertue with Ginger Anniseeds and Fennel it is given from eight to ten Ounces but never alone because of it self it hath not strength enough to purge a Horse Black-Hellebor is a root which purges Melancholy and other adust Humors which are opiniater or obstinate and is therefore excellent for Melancholick Constitutions it is corrected by first washing it well with Water then infusing it four hours in strong Vinegar after which it is to be dryed before a gentle fire the Dose is from six Drams to an Ounce and people may add to it Cinnamon Anniseeds and Fennel Lapis Armeniâ—s or the Armenian Stone is a stone found in the Silver-Mines both of Germany and Armenia from which last it hath derived its Name The Painters make use of it it is first beaten into fine Powder and then washt in Rose or Bugloss-waters its Dose is from four to five Ounces Lapis Lazuli or the Azure Stone is much of the nature of the former and hath the same vertues A remedy to purge Melancholy To compose a remedie which will purge Melancholy Take of the leaves of Sem an Ounce and a half Black-hellebor washt in Vinegar two Drams Crystal of Tartar half an Ounce Lapis Armenius washt six Drams Anniseeds Fennel and Cinnamon of each a Dram and a half beat all coursly and make a drench of it in an English
of Remedies you are at last oblig'd to give the Fire but since some Men will not be perswaded of the incredible effects of this Remedy and others cannot procure it when they have occasion to use it I shall communicate the description of an Ointment for Wounds that will advance the Cure more in one Day than other Ointments do in a considerable space of Time CHAP. CV The Hermit's Ointment for Wounds in Horses TAke the green Leaves of Long-Birthwort Paul's-Betony and Sage of each a handful and half Sanicle one handful Roots of Marsh-mallows and Comfrey dry'd in the Shade of each an Ounce slice the Roots very small and boil 'em in a Skillet with a Pint of Cream for the space of a quarter of an Hour after which add the Leaves chopt small and boil 'em so long till you can perceive nothing in the Skillet but a pure Butter produc'd by the boiling of the Cream then strain it out into a Pot and put into the same Skillet a quarter of a Pound of the Lard of a Hog fed with Acorns cut into Slices and mixt with the remaining Herbs and Roots boil all together about a quarter of an Hour and strain out the melted Lard upon the Butter in the next place boil two Ounces of Oil-Olive in the Skillet with the same Herbs and Roots for the space of a quarter of an Hour and strain it out into the Pot with the Butter and melted Lard after which squeeze out all the Juice and Fat of the Herbs and Roots in the same Pot and while they are still hot add an Ounce of melted Tar and an ounce and a half of Burnt-Allom in Powder incorporating the whole Mass and stirring it till it be cold When you have occasion to apply this Ointment melt a little of it in a Spoon and with a soft Pencil anoint the Wound very lightly covering it gently with Flax or Powder of old Ropes and renewing the Application once a Day The Wound will be quickly heal'd by this Method if Nature the principal Operator assist the efficacy of the Remedy by Sodering Gluing Nourishing Preserving and Restoring the Part to its proper Temperament and Condition Besides the Application of the Ointment you must consider diligently whether there be any unnatural or extraneous Substance in the Wound which must be taken out and if you perceive Excrescencies of spongy Flesh you must either give the Fire or consume 'em with White-Vitriol dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine which is of admirable use in this case and after the Scab is fall'n or rather the Swelling asswag'd apply the Ointment If you have occasion to cleanse any part in the Wound which you cannot see and dare not burn for fear of hurting the Sinews you may use the following Water which is an admirable Cleanser Lime-Water or the Yellow-Water Those who love to disguise Trifles with hard and lofty Names call this the Phagedenical-Water You may easily prepare it thus Take two or three Pounds of unslak'd Lime newly made put it into a large Bason of fine Tin and pour upon it by degrees five Quarts of Rain-Water then set the Bason in a convenient place for two Days stirring the Water often after which suffer the Lime to fall to the bottom pour off the Water by inclination strain it thro' brown Paper and to three Pints of it add half a Pint of good Spirit of Wine an Ounce of Spirit of Vitriol and as much Corrosive Sublimate in fine Powder Mix and preserve it for use in a Glass-Vial If you perceive a great deal of Corruption in the Wound or any appearance of a Gangrene add to the whole quantity of the Water an Ounce of Arsenic diminishing the Dose proportionably according to the quantity of the Water I shall take this occasion to give a brief Account of the signs and cure of a Gangrene Of a Gangrene A Gangrene may be consider'd in two different respects for in its Progress 't is only a tendency to Mortification whereas it ends in a Sphaceâ—â—s or confirm'd Mortification The signs of it are a sudden loss of Sense and consequently an insensibility of Pain lividness and afterward blackness of the Part affected a noisome Smell resembling that of a dead Carcass and an extraordinary softness in the Part that was before hard and distended The Cure of a confirm'd Gangrene is impossible and ought not to be attempted but while 't is in the beginning and even in its progress the Case is not altogether desperate As soon as you perceive any part of a Wound to be seiz'd with a Gangrene you must immediately scarifie it to the quick with your Fleam wash it with Sea or Salt-Water and cover the whole Wound with Flax steep'd and soak'd in the strongest Lime-Water dressing it twice a Day after the same manner A Detergent and Cleansing Water for a Gangrene If the Lime-Water be too weak you may prepare another thus Take crude Allom one Pound German-Copperas grosly beaten half a Pound Verdigrease in fine Powder three Ounces boil all together in a Gallon of strong Vinegar to the consumption of one half then without straining the Liquor reserve it for use in a Glass-Vial The use of this Water is the same with that of Lime-Water shake the Bottle as often as you have occasion to apply the Liquor and if after the first Application you find that it is too weak add two Ounces of strong Aqua-Fortis to each Quart shaking 'em well together Another Cleansing-Water Take very strong White-Wine two Pints and a half Aqua-vitae half a Pint Spirit of Vitriol two Ounces mix them in a Glass-Bottle capable of containing two Quarts and an Hour after add two Ounces of Verdigrease in fine Powder White-Vitriol four Ounces and Green Copperas one Pound the two last grosly beaten stop the Bottle very close with a Cork and Hog's-Bladder then let it stand in Infusion on hot Embers twenty four Hours shaking it every six Hours after which preserve it for use shaking it every time and applying it according to the Directions prescrib'd for the use of Lime-Water It may be kept three Months without losing its Virtue The greatest simple Wound may be quickly cur'd by a prudent and diligent observation of the Method and Directions prescrib'd in this and the preceding Chapters When a Horse's back is Gaul'd during a Journey the best way is to take out a little of the stuffing of the Pannel over the Swelling then sow a piece of white and very soft Leather on the inside of the Pannel anoint it with Salt-Butter and every Evening wipe it clean rubbing it till it grow soft and anointing it again with Butter or for want of that with Grease Wash the Swelling or Hurt every Evening with cold Water and Soap and strew it with Salt till the Horse be Sadl'd in the Morning The Sea-rush that is usually wrapt about Glasses that are brought in Chests from Venice is of admirable efficacy for the cure of Saddle-Gauls during
that none of the Remedy may be lost then let the Horse stand two Hours bridl'd and renew the Dose once every two Days for the space of a Month till the Cure be perfected Or you may with less trouble give half an Ounce of the Powder every Morning in moisten'd Bran for fifteen or twenty Days Whatever Method you think fit to take for administring the Powder you must always remember to walk your Horse gently an Hour or two every Day and even you may make him perform his usual Service only you must neither ride him too hard nor make him sweat too much The Angelical Powder may be exhibited very safely and with good Success to Men for the curing of Intermitting Feavers The Dose is from two to six Grains in any convenient Vehicle or from two to four Ounces of its Infusion in Wine It cures the Plague being given in Substance when the Disease begins to appear before the Patient's Strength be wasted CHAP. CXIX The Yellow Pills for short-winded Horses THis is an excellent Remedy and infallibly performs the Cure if it be not absolutely impossible Take half an Ounce of Gum Tragacanth one Dram of Oriental Saffron in Powder infuse and macerate 'em in a Pint of colts-foot-Colts-Foot-Water till it turn to a Gelly Then take two Pounds of Glass of Antimony very transparent and of a Citron Colour beat it to a fine Powder and mix it in a Mortar by degrees with the Gelly or Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth beating and incorporating them with the Pestle till they be reduc'd to a Mass that will retain any Figure Make it up into Pills weighing nine Drams each and having dry'd 'em on the bottom of a Strainer turn'd upwards keep 'em in a Box. These Pills are incorruptible Make your Horse eat one of 'em every Day reduc'd to Powder and mixt with moistne'd Bran and in the mean time you may ride him and if he forsake his Meat forbear repeating the Pills till he begin to recover his Appetite If the heaving in his Flanks be encreas'd instead of being abated 't is a Sign that the Lungs are incurably ulcerated and therefore you must entirely lay aside the use of the Pills which in this Case wou'd only hasten his Death The same Dose may be also given in a Pint of White-Wine after the Horse has stood bridl'd two Hours You must also keep him bridl'd two Hours after and in the mean time may give him his usual Allowance of Food observing the above-mention'd Directions concerning the Heaving or Palpitation of the Flanks and the loss of Appetite If you perceive that he begins to relish his Meat again repeat the Dose for thirty Days together observing still that if the Palpitation of his Flanks be augmented the use of the Pills must be absolutely discontinu'd But if neither that Symptom be increas'd nor his Appetite quite lost you must continue the use of the Pills till the whole quantity that was prepar'd be consum'd for as I intimated before the most stubborn Pursiveness will yield to this Remedy if the Disease be not altogether incurable At first your Horse perhaps will grow lean and seem to be wasted but he will afterwards recover his Flesh and grow fatter than before This Remedy must never be administer'd to Horses that have weak and tender Stomachs for even the greatest Feeders are wont sometimes to forsake their Meat on this Occasion and will neither taste Bran nor Oats in which Case you must forbear giving 'em any more Pills till their Appetite be restor'd but many Horses undergo the whole Course without losing one Stroak of their Teeth When the Lungs are ulcerated or putrefi'd these Pills will certainly kill your Horse if you continue the use of 'em after he has lost his Appetite but when the Disease is incurable as 't is in this case the best way is to dispatch him speedily The Glass of Antimony may be also prepar'd and exhibited after this manner Mix half a Pound of it with two Pounds of the Dough of a Loaf kneading 'em together till the Powder be throughly incorporated with the Dough then bake the Loaf and two Days after give the Horse an eighth part of it repeating the same Dose every Morning till he has eaten two Pounds if he do not lose his Appetite and if the heaving in his Flanks be not augmented This Remedy removes obstructions and opens the Passages very effectually cooling the Lungs that were heated for want of Air and the Natural Temperament of that Part being restor'd the Horse will recover his Health and Breath without any Difficulty The Charge of the two Pounds of Pills will not amount to above Seven Livres allowing a moderate Gain to him who prepares 'em for Glass of Antimony is sold very cheap at Paris Tincture of Sulphur for Short-winded Horses Since Sulphur is the Balsam of the Lungs the Tincture containing its pure Substance or Essential Salt must certainly be a very effectual Remedy in this Case for this Distemper being accompany'd with a Redundancy of putrefi'd tough and viscous Humours requires a powerful cutting Medicine and 't is certain that the Operation of Minerals is more effectual than what can be expected from Vegetables The Remedy is thus prepar'd Take Powder of Brimstone and unslak'd Lime of each one Pound put 'em into a glaz'd Earthen-Pot capable of containing fifteen Quarts placing it in a Furnace full of live Coals and stirring uninterruptedly till the Matter break forth in a bluish Flame which proceeds from the Sulphur then pour in about twelve Quarts of boiling Water stirring the Matter perpetually to prevent its growing hard After six or seven Waums the boiling Water will be ting'd with the Colour of the Brimstone and after it has boil'd half a quarter of an Hour it will be impregnated with the Tincture and must be pour'd off from the Matter Take four Pints and a half of this Tincture and boil it for the space of half a quarter of an Hour in a large Pot with three handfuls of the Leaves of Colts-Foot chopt small three Roots of Ellecampane stampt in a Mortar and three Stalks of Liquorice beaten then infuse them in hot Ashes all Night and in the Morning set it over the Fire till it grow hot after which strain out the Liquor and make your Horse drink it up keeping him bridl'd two Hours before and as long after and walking him gently for the space of half an Hour Repeat the Dose five Days together after which let him rest two Days then give him his Potion five Days as before and after two Days of Intermission finish the Course by exhibiting the Remedy five Days longer at the end of which the Horse will recover his Health if the Disease be not absolutely incurable If during the use of this Remedy your Horse forsake his Meat you must suffer him to rest till he recover his Appetite and then proceed as before The Tincture may be exhibited alone with very good Success
Roses two Ounces Confection of Alkermes without Musk or Ambergrise one Ounce Treacle half a Dram Powder of Oriental Saffron six Grains Mix all the Ingredients in a Glass-Vial and give to your Horse with a Horn rinsing the Horn the Vial and your Horse's Mouth with a Mixture of the Waters of Carduus Benedictus Succory and Scabious of each an Ounce and half This Water or Julep allays the Heat of the Fever Inject a Clyster about Four a Clock in the Afternoon give the Remedy at Six and keep your Horse bridl'd till Eight The next Day at Four in the Afternoon administer one of the above-mention'd Clysters at Six let your Horse blood in the two Plate-Veins of the Thighs keeping him bridl'd two Hours after You may repeat the Dose of the Remedy two or three times but not the Bleeding without Necessity In the mean time the Horse must eat little Hay you must frequently wash his Mouth with Verjuice Salt and Honey of Roses and oftentimes inject one of the above-mention'd Clysters Since I have often observ'd that the Apothecaries ask an excessive Rate for this Remedy I thought fit to advertise those who may have Occasion to use it that the highest Price of it does not amount to above * About 6s Three Livres and Ten Sous for the Confection of Alkermes is without either Musk or Ambergrise This Remedy ought to be highly esteem'd by those who are Masters of good Horses for by the Use of it in less than a Month I cur'd Four Horses of Value after they were past Hope of Recovery For your Horses Ordinary Drink You may dissolve in a Pailful of Water the Remedy for Fevers consisting of Salt of Tartar Sal Armoniac c. describ'd in Chap. CXXXVI If that cannot be procur'd you may infuse in a Pailful of Water the Dough of a Peny-Loaf ready to be put into the Oven which makes the Water white cools the Body of the Horse and affords some Nourishment and is infinitely better than Flower which is commonly us'd on this Occasion This is an excellent Remedy for simple Fevers and almost for all Horses that are troubl'd with a violent beating in the Flanks proceeding from a hot Cause and I have even given it with good Success to Morfounded Horses when the Disease was accompany'd with a beating in the Flanks for tho' in this case hot Remedies are requir'd to strengthen Nature and enable her to expel that which offends her yet since the Fever is augmented by the heat of the Medicins we must find out and exhibit a good Remedy that strengthens without much Heat which is the peculiar Character of the above-mention'd Julep or mixture of Waters When the Fever is violent the Sick Horse either does not lie down at all or if he does starts up again immediately by reason of the difficulty of Breathing that oppresses him when he lies and therefore if in this case your Horse lie down and remain long in that Posture you may conclude him to be in a hopeful Condition nor must you reckon it a bad sign tho' he complain more when he lies than when he stands for even the soundest Horses are wont to complain when they are in that Posture This is an important remark in the case of all Horses that are extreamly Sick and a diligent observance of it will enable you to make a better Judgment of the Nature of the Distemper A Potion or Drink for a Founder'd Horse that is very Sick either with or without a Cough Take two Pints and half of the Four Cordial Waters viz. of Scorzonera Queen of the Meadows Carduus Benedictus and Scabious dissolving in the same an Ounce of Confection of Hyacinth without Musk or Ambergreece and one Treacle-Pill in Powder Give this Mixture to your Horse in the Morning and rinse the Pot and Horn with half a Pint of Wild Succory-Water which you must make him drink after you have wash'd his Mouth with it Keep him Bridl'd three Hours before and two Hours after and at Night give him the following Clyster Take Powder of Sal Polychrest an Ounce and a half Pulp of Coloquintida without the Seeds half an Ounce boil 'em in five Pints of Beer half a quarter of an Hour and in the strain'd Liquor dissolve a quarter of a Pound of good Populeum make a Clyster to be injected Lukewarm If this Remedy prove ineffectual you may conclude that your Horse's Life is in danger but if you perceive any signs of Amendment you must frequently repeat the Clyster which will very much promote the Cure I have sometimes given with Success a Dose of Stinking Pills to Horses troubl'd with this Distemper for tho' that Medicine seems at first to encrease the beating in the Flanks it quiets all those disorders afterwards tho' I must confess the same Remedy has disappointed me at other times The Lieutenant's Decoction for a Horse that is Founder'd and very Sick Take Carduus Benedictus and Hyssop of each one handful Juice of Liquorice two Ounces Roots of Gentian stampt in a Mortar one Ounce boil the Ingredients in a Pint and a half of Water for the space of half an Hour and as soon as you remove the Vessel from the Fire pour into it half a Pint of White-Wine straining out the Liquor Add as much Saffron as you can lift between your three Fingers and make a Decoction for one or two Doses according to your Horse's Strength or his Aversion to the Medicine The next Day let him Blood in the Flanks and keep him in a temperate place Since Horses in this Condition are wont to eat very little they must be nourish'd with cleans'd Barley without Butter or Fat or with Bread if you can persuade 'em to eat it or Bran c. For more particular directions in this Case you may consult the Sixth Seventh Eighth and Ninth Chapters of this Book and therefore I shall content my self at present with putting you in Mind that you must frequently put a Bit into your Horses Mouth and remember always to offer him Meat when you unbridle him CHAP. CXXV Crocus Metallorum TAke the best Crude Antimony or that which is fullest of Points and Nitre or Salt-Petre of each an equal quantity beat 'em severally to Powder and mix 'em in a Crucible Then set 'em on Fire with a Match or live Cole and as soon as the Flame is extinguish'd and the Matter cold you will find the Liver of Antimony under the Scoriae which are also of good use in certain Cases Separate the Liver and reduce it to a very fine Powder then throw it into Water and beat again in the same Mortar that which the Water cannot dissolve continuing after the same manner till the whole Matter be reduc'd to an impalpable Powder then suffer the Water to settle and you will find at the bottom a Liver-Colour'd Powder which you must continue to wash by pouring on fresh Water till the Salt of the Nitre that
Jecur vel Hepar Lung wort or liverwort otherwise middle Comfrey Consoude moyen Pulmonaria M M M MAce Macis Macis Madder Garance Rubia Tinctorum Magistery of Lead Magister du Saturn Magisterium Saturni Maiden-hair Herbe de Capillaire ou Polittic Adianthum vulgare vel Polytrichum Male Incense or Frank-Incense Oliban Olibanum Malmsey Wine Malvoise Vinum Arvisium vel Malvaticum Mallow common Mauve Malva vulgaris Manna Manne Manna Marjoram sweet Marjolaine Marjorana hortensis Marrow of a Hart Mouelle de Cerf Medulla Cervi Marsh Mallow Guimove Althaea Master wort Imperatoire Imperatoria Mastick a Gum Mastic Mastiche vel lentisciresina Meadsweet Reine de Prez Regina prati seu Vlmaria Mechoacan Mechoacan Mechoacanna Medlar or Open arse Nefle ou Nesple Mespilum Melilot Melilot Meâ—ilotus Melon Melon Melo Mercury the Herb or French Mercury Mercuriale Mercurialis Mercury red or Red sublimate Mercure rouge Mercurius dulcis subli matus rubrus Milfoil or Yarrow Mille Feuilles Mellefolium Milk Lait Lac Millet Millet Milium Mint Menthe ou Mente Mentha vulgaris Mint broun or red Menthe à coste rouge Mentha rubra Misseltoe of the Appletree Guis de Pomier Viscum Malinum Misseltoe of the Oak Guis de Chesne Viscum Quercinum Mouse ear Aureille de soury ou Piloselle Auricula muris Mucilage plaster Emplastre de Mucilages Diachylon simplex Mugwort Armoise Artemisia Mules fat or grease Axunge de Mulet Axungia-Muli Mullain white or Male Boullon blanc ou Molene Verbascum vel Tapsus Barbatus Mummy or embalmed man's flesh Mumie Mumia Muscle shells Coquilles de Moules Musculorum Conchae Musk Musc Moschus Mustard seed Grain de Moutard Sinapi Mutton sewet Suif de Mouton Sevum Ovillum Myrabolans of five kinas viz. Citrinae Chebulae Indicae Emblicae Bellericae Myrabolans de cinq sorts c. Myrabolanae Citrinae Chebulae c. Myrrh Myrrhe Myrrha Myrtle berries Mirtilles Myrti Baccae N N N Nettle Ortie Vrtica Night-shade-water Eau de Morelle Aqua Solani vel Morella Nitre or salt-petre Nitre ou Sal-pestre Nitrum Nutmeg Muscade Nux Moschata vel Myristica O O O OAts Avoine Avena Oat meal course or rather Groats Avoine gruée ou gruau d'Aveine Farina Avenacea vel Avenarum chondri Onion Oignon Cape Opium or the condensed juice of black poppy-heads Opium Opium Opoponax a Gum Opoponax Opoponax Orange Orange Aurantium Orange peel Ecorce d'Orange Aurantiorum Cortex Organy or wild-Marjor am Origan Origanum Orpiment Orpiment Auripigmentum Orpine Orpin Telephium Orrice common or ordinary flower de luce root Iris commun Jris Vulgaris Orrice root of Florence Iris de Florence Jris Florentina Orvietan Orvietan Electuarium Orvietanum Oxycrat or a composition of water and vinegar Oxycrat Oxycratum Oxycrotium-plaster Emplastre Occicrocium Emplastrum Oxycrâ—cium Oil Huile Oleum Oil of bitter Almonds Huile d'Amandes ameres Oleum Amygdal amar Oil of sweet Almonds Huile d'Amandes douces Oleum Amygdalarum dulcium Oil of Amber Huile d'Ambre Oleum Succini Oil of Bays or Lawrel Huile de Laurier Oleum Laurinum Oil of Castor or Castoreum Huile de Castor Oleum de Castoreo Oil of Cloves Huile de Giroffles Oleum Caryophillorum Oil of Earth-worms Huile de Lumbris Oleum Lumbricorum Oil of Hemp seed Huile de Chenevis Oleum Cannabis Oil of Hypericon or St. John's wort Huile de Hypericon ou mille pertuis Oleum Hyperici Oil of Lillies Huile de Lis Oleum Liliorum Oil of Linseed Huile de Lin Oleum seminis Lini Oil of Myrtles Huile de Mittles Oleum Mirtinum Oil of Olives Huile de Olives Oleum Olivarum Oil of Petre or Petrolium Huile de Petrole Oleum Petrae vel Petrolaeum Oil of Quinces Huile de Coins Oleum Cydoniorum Oil of Roses Huile Rosat Oleum Rosaceum Oil of Turpentine Huile de Terebentine Oleum Terebinthinae Oil of Walnuts Huile de noix Oleum Carynum Oil of Wax Huile de Cire Oleum Cerae Oil of Vitriol Huile de Vitriol Oleum Vitrioli Ointment of Agrippa Onguent Agrippa Vnguentum Agrippae Ointment of the Apostles Onguent des Apostres Vnguentum Apostolerum Ointment of Marsh-Mallows Onguent d'Althea Vnguentum Dialthaeae Ointment Martiatum or of souldiers Onguent de Soldats Vnguentum Martiatum Ointment Oppodeldoch Onguent Oppodeldoc Vnguentum Oppodeldoch Ointment of Pompholix or nothing Onguent Ponpholix Vnguentum Diapompholigos vel nihil Ointment of Poplar buds Onguent de Populeon Vnguentum Populneum Ointment Resumptive or Restoring Onguent Resumptif Vnguentum resumptivum Ointment of Roses Onguent Rosat Vnguentum Rosatum Oyster shells Eâ—â—illes des Huistres Ostrearum conchae P P P PArmacity Sperma Ceti Sperma Ceti Parsley Persil Petroselinum Parsnip Pastenade Pastinaca Patience or Monks rhubarb Patience Patientia vel Hippolapathum Peach tree Peschiet Arbor Persica Pearls Perles Margaritae Pease Feverolles Fabulae vel pisa Pellitory of Spain Peretre ou Pyrethre Pyrethrum Pellitory of the Wall Parietaire Parietaria vel herba muralis Pennyroyal common Pouliot Pulegium hortense seu Puleium Pennyroyal wild Pouliot sauvage Pulegium Sylvestre Pepper Poivre Piper Pepper long Poivre long Piper longum Pepper white Poivre Blanc Piper Album Periwinkle Pervenche Vinca pervinca Petrol or oil of petre Petrole Petrolium Phagaedenick water Eau phagedenique Aqua Phagaedenica Pine Kernels of the Indies Pignons d'Inde Nuclea pini Indicae Pine-tree Pin Pinus Pine-tree-bark Ecorce de pin Cortex pini Pine tree-Gum Gomme de pin Pint Gummi Pitch black or common Poix noire Pix nigra seu sicca Pitch of Burgundy Poix de Bourgogne Pix Burgundiae Plantain Plantin Plantago Plantain water Eau de plantin Aqua Plantaginis Polypody Polipode Polypodium Pomgranet Grenade Malum granatum Pomgranet blossoms or flowers Ballaust Balaustium Pomgranet skin Ecorce de Grenade Cortex Mali granati Poppy of the Corn or Corn-Rose Coquericot Papaver Rhaeas Poppy white Pavot blanc Papaver album Potters clay Terre à potier Argilla vel terra figulina Powder of Cornachinus Poudre de Cornachini Pulvis Cornachinii vulgaris Praecipitate red Precipité rouge Praecipitatus rubrus Praecipitate white Precipité blanc Praecipitatus albus Pulp or fleshy part of any Fruit Poulpe Pulpa Purslain Pourpier Portulaca Q Q Q QVick silver Argent vif ou Mercure courant Argentum vivum Quâ—â—ces Coins Mala Cydonia Quitch-grass or Dog-grass Ghien dent ou gramen Gramen Caninum R R R RAdish Raifort ou Rave Raphanus Rain water Fau de pluie Aqua pluvialis Rasins or dryed Grapes Raisins sees Vvae passae Rape seed Navette Semen rapi oblongi Reed Aromatick of the Shops Calamus Aromatique Calamus Aromaticus Regulus of Antimony Regalle d'Antimoine Regulus antimonij Rennet Apple Pomme de Reynette Petitium Malum Rest harrow Acutelle Anonis vel Aresta Bovis Rhubarb Rhubarbe Rhabarbarum Rosemary Romatin Ros marinum Rose Rose Rosa Rose Damask or pale Rose Rose de Damas Rosa Damascena vel Pallida Rose red common Rose rouge Rosa rubra Rose red double or Province Rose de provins Rosa rubra
follows the course of the Moon or to the other which wasts and destroys the Eye I have borrow'd this Observation from a Treatise concerning Horses compos'd by one John Taquet who expresly affirms that the loss of the Foals Eyes is not occasion'd by the substance of the Oats which may be suppos'd to heat 'em but only by their straining too hard in chewing that hard sort of Food And to prevent these fatal Consequences he advises those who have Foals to cause their Oats to be ground or stamp'd by which means he says they will grow strong and lusty without the least danger of Rheums or any other Infirmity of the Eyes Since I never found this Remark in any other Author I thought fit to insert it here submitting it intirely to the Reader 's Judgment Some Horses become Moon-Ey'd at the Age of Eight or Ten Years who were always very sound before which is an Infirmity entail'd on 'em by their Sire And besides when young Horses are overtaken by a great Storm in the Fields they are oftentimes either render'd Lunatic or struck Blind with the Thunder and Lightning Hard work hastens the total Blindness of a Moon-Ey'd Horse and besides Heat and extream Cold are equally prejudicial to him To conclude This Infirmity usually ends in the loss of one or both Eyes for the best Remedies are not always successful and we may justly call that a good Medicine which is found to be effectual on several Occasions tho' it be not always Infallible CHAP. XXXVI Of Haemorrhagy or Bleeding HAEmorrhagy is a voiding of Blood by the Nose or Mouth occasion'd by a redundancy of the Blood mixt with a Liquor full of Spirits and Salt which makes the Blood boil and ferment till the Vessels not being able to contain it some of the Veins burst and disgorge the Blood thro' the Nose and the mixture of that Salt Juice with the Blood is caus'd by unusual Fatigues in hot Weather The redundancy of the Blood may also proceed from too much Feeding or it may be deprav'd and vitiated or its Boiling may be occasion'd by violent Exercise which opens the Mouths of some Veins from which it gushes out impetuously either by the Nose or Mouth To convince you that a Liquor full of Spirits and Salt is apt to make the Blood boil and ferment it will be sufficient to inform you that if you mix either the Spirit of Wine Vitriol Hartshorn or Soot with the Blood that is taken out of the Vein while 't is hot you will immediately perceive a violent Ebullition whereas Salt of Tartar and the Solution of Allum trouble and precipitate the Blood and none but such as are wholly Ignorant of the Internal Motions and Methods of Nature will deny that there are such Liquors full of Salt and Spirits in the Bodies of Horses If the Bleeding be not stop'd it may either kill the Horse or extreamly weaken him because Nature is quite spent and exhausted by such an excessive Expence of Blood and Spirits When such Accidents happen the Horses remain unfit for Service a great while after but they seldom die unless they be also seiz'd with a Fever which does not usually happen Since these Accidents seldom or never happen but in very hot Weather every Rider whose Horse is fat or rather fiery and full of Mettle who ' out of Wind should keep him in and restrain him at the first and endeavour by all prudent Methods to prevent the Disorders that are occasion'd by Bleeding or perhaps some other more dangerous Distemper And 't is certain that in such cases the most present Remedy is always the best Assoon as you perceive the Blood to issue out of the Horse's Nose or Mouth or both you must immediately let him Blood in the Flanks or the Plate-Veins of the Thighs or rather in the Neck if you cannot take Blood enough out of the other Parts then take a large quantity of Knot-grass call'd in Latin Centinodia because at its perfect Growth it has a hundred Knots on one Stalk which is a Specific Remedy to stanch Blood beat it to a Mash and fill the Horse's Nostrils with it binding also some of it to his Temples and Reins where the Saddle ends and even to his Stones if he be not gelt This is a very common Herb but if you cannot find it take Nettles and apply 'em after the same manner You may also put the Horse into Water up to his Flanks and let him stand in it two Hours if it be Summer which is the usual time in which these Accidents happen If you are not in a convenient place to plunge him into Water cover his Head and Back with a Cloth seven or eight times doubld and dipp'd in Oxycrate or Vinegar and Water keep him in the Stable with his Head upright not suffering him to lie down and from time to time throw cold Water on his Cods or Sheath the next Day bleed him again and give him cooling Clysters Some Horses have been troubld with voiding of Blood six or seven Days together but it did not run so violently at last as at the Beginning and they were cur'd by the above-mentiond Remedies CLYSTERS The following Clyster will help to allay the boiling of the Blood if the Horse be also let Blood Take Mallows and Marsh-Mallows of each one handful Plantane two handfuls Succory Lettuce and Purslane of each one handful boil 'em in five Pints of Water with an Ounce and a half of Sal Polychrest in Powder and add to the strainâ—d Liquor a quarter of a Pound of the Ointment Populeon without Verdigrease which some Cheats mix with it to give it a fine green Colour or if you mistrust that take a quarter of a Pound of true Unguentum rosatum not Grease wash'd with Rose-water and colour'd with Alkanet Make a Clyster to be injected after you have rak'd the Horse If the Blood continue still to flow take Plantane Leaves beaten and mix'd with Male Frankincense Aloes or Myrrh and put 'em into his Nostrils holding his Nose up as if you were going to give him a Drench Then cover his Head Back and Reins with a Cloth five or six times doubl'd and dipp'd in Oxycrate as you were taught before and throw cold Water frequently on his Sheath and Stones if he has any Sometimes the Blood flows so violently out of the Nostrils that it cannot be so soon stopp'd in which Case you may use the following Powder which is easily prepar'd Take the Dung of a Stone-Ass dry it in the Shade till it may be reduc'd to Powder and blow it plentifully into the Horseâ—s Nose thro' a Glass-Pipe Trunk or Reed This will quickly stench the Blood The same Powder is of admirable Use for Men that are apt to bleed at the Nose who may carry some of it in a Box and snuff it up at the Nose I have often seen the Effect of it and it smells only of dry Herbs but some nice Sparks will
at a Trot and a Foot-Pace I have already taught you how to make this Wine in the Twenty third Chapter but since 't is too late to prepare that Remedy after your Horse begins to be troubl'd with a stoppage of Urine you may take Golden Sulphur of Antimony which you will find describ'd in Glazer's Chymistry and afterwards in this Book and fine Wheat-Flower of each an Ounce mix 'em well in a Mortar and give the whole Powder to the Horse in a Quart of White-Wine It provokes Urine more effectually than any Wine whatsoever You may find this Medicine at the Shops of some curious Apothecaries It was invented by Glauber who calls it his Panacaea or Universal Remedy You may put a couple of Lice or Bugs to the end of the Horse's Yard to rouse the expulsive Faculty During the use of those Remedies it will be convenient to foment the Reins thus boil two Bushels of Oats in a mixture of Water and Vinegar till the Oats burst under your Finger then apply 'em in a Bag to the Horse's Reins or Back as hot as he can well endure about the place where the Saddle ends If you have not Oats you may make use of Rye This Fomentation provokes Urine effectually but if the expulsive faculty be languid beat Darnel and boil it in Vinegar and anoint the Yard and Stones with the Decoction Thrust your Hand into the Horse's Fundament and rake him then press the Bladder gently with your Hand and the Horse will infallibly Stale If these Remedies prove ineffectual chuse the whitest Flints you can find on the Banks of some rapid River heat 'em red-hot and quench 'em in a Pint and a half of strong White-Wine heating and quenching 'em so often till they crumble into Powder then strain the Wine thro' a Linnen-Cloth doubl'd and make the Horse drink it for the Wine being impregnated with the Salt of the Flints which is a powerful Diuretic will certainly make the Horse Stale Sal-Prunellae or Crystal-mineral clears the Passages and removes the Obstructions that stop the Urine but you must not depend upon it during the Fit for its vertue principally consists in preventing the Stoppage of Urine in those Horses who usually endeavour to Stale but cannot by reason of a certain Heat or Obstruction in the Passages in which case you must give the Horse every day in his Bran an Ounce of Sal-Prunellae and a Dram of Nutmeg till he has consum'd a whole Pound Sal-Prunellae cools the Bowels clears the Passages rectifies the Blood and would be an admirable Medicine if it were not apt to cool the Stomach too much and make the Horse lose his Appetite for which reason I added a Grain of Nutmeg which comforts the Stomach without over-heating the Body But if the Horse notwithstanding that forsake his Meat you must not continue to give him the Crystal-mineral Take about four Ounces of dry'd Pigeon's Dung in Powder boil it in a Quart of White-Wine and after two or three waums strain out the Liquor and give it Blood-warm to the Horse then walk him for half an Hour and he will Stale if it be possible I know some Men who took a Dram of this Dung in a Glass of Wine for the Colic and receiv'd great benefit by it One of the best Remedies for a Horse that cannot Stale is to carry him into a Sheep-cote and there to unbridle him suffering him to smell the Dung and roll and wallow in it for he will infallibly Piss before he come forth if he be not past Remedy This quick Effect proceeds from a certain Volatil Subtil and Diuretic Salt that exhales from the Sheeps-Dung and strikes the Brain for by reason of the Correspondence of that with the lower Parts it obliges the expulsive Faculty to void the Urine It would be needless to prove that this Dung is full of such a Salt since the Truth of that Supposition is sufficiently confirm'd by the great quantity of Salt-Peter which may be so easily extracted out of it The Urinary Passages are frequently stop'd by thick Flegm which will hardly be remov'd by the above-mention'd Remedies and therefore you may have recourse to that which follows and I 'm confident you will not lose your Labour A Remedy to provoke Urine Take an Ounce of Sassafras-Wood with the Bark which contains part of its Vertue cut it small and infuse it in a Quart of White-Wine in a large Glass-Bottle well stop'd so that two thirds of the Bottle may remain empty let it stand on hot Ashes about six hours then strain out the Wine and give it to the Horse in a Horn. This Remedy will quickly produce the desir'd effect for it will certainly make the Horse either Sweat or Stale and 't is generally acknowledg'd that the Matter of Sweat and Urine is the same Another Oil of yellow Amber is one of the most effectual Remedies to make a Horse Stale The Dose is a Spoonful in a Pint of White-Wine and you must walk him after it This Medicine is easily procur'd since almost all Apothecaries have it or at least ought to have it It must be made without Addition and not rectifi'd It s excellent Vertues make amends for its noisome Smell 'T is so powerful a Diuretic that the Steams or subtil Spirits that are evaporated from it during its Preparation make the Artist Piss excessively Those who are desirous to know how 't is made may consult Crollius's Basilica Chymica or Hartman's Praxis Chymiatrica Glazer's Treatise of Chymistry and several other Authors who treat of that Art I preferr this Remedy before all the rest I have describ'd for it seldom or never fails Another easie Remedy for stoppage of Urine is to wash the Horse's Yard with luke-warm Water then Powder it all over with Salt and suffer him to draw it in if it be a Mare put the quantity of a Walnut of Salt into her Privity Another good Remedy is to make him drink a Quart of Verjuice in half a Pail-full of Water and if he refuse to drink it which few Horses do mix a Quart of Water with a like quantity of Verjuice and pour it into his Throat with a Horn Then walk him and he will Stale If it be objected that I ought rather to have propos'd one sure Remedy than such a multitude of different Medicines among which few know how to make a good choice I shall only answer that I have try'd 'em all and leave the Reader to chuse such Medicines as are most proper for his Horse and may be most conveniently procur'd For some of those Remedies are less Compound than others and the Disease is more or less obstinate in several Cases Besides one Horse may receive no benefit by the use of a Remedy that has cur'd several others of the same Distemper by reason of the variety of Causes Some Horses are also frequently troubl'd with this Distemper and sometimes die of it And from all these Considerations laid
the Hole is an evident sign of the griev'd Part which being discover'd you must search the place to the bottom with the Horn of your Buttress then with your Renette search the Hole penetrating to the end of it where the Nail was rivetted on the Hoof if in the mean time you find that it does not pierce to the Quick nor causes any Pain thrust a Nail into the Hole and press the point of it on that side where the Vein lies and if you perceive that the Horse complains proceed to the application of convenient Remedies without any further tryal If the Horse does not complain when you search the Hole you may certainly conclude that he is not Prick'd in that place since you have examin'd the whole length of the Hole without finding any Matter and without occasioning the least Pain It happens not unfrequently that those Horses who have fleshy Feet slender Hoofs and weak or narrow Heels are always Lame when they are new Shod and sometimes to such a degree that they are hardly able to stand upright but they recover without the use of any Remedy And 't is to be observ'd that English Horses are usually most subject to this inconveniency Narrow-heel'd Horses are usually Lam'd if the Nails are riveted too high for tho' they be not Prick'd the Nails pierce too near the Quick and occasion a Pain that requires no other Cure but rest If a Nail be bow'd in a fleshy Foot it frequently makes the Horse halt tho' he be not Prick'd and if it be neglected too long 't will cause a Sore which must be cur'd as if the Horse were really Prick'd If the place be Imposthumated after you have procured the evacuation of the Matter inject boyling Oil with a little Sugar and stop the Hole with Cotton then tack on the Shooe with three or four Nails and stop the Foot with a Remolade which will draw the Heat into the Sole hinder the Matter from rising up to the Hair and take away the Pain Besides you must apply a black white or red Restringent Charge about the Foot keeping it from moisture and continue to dress it every Day till your Horse be sound The following Remedy is good for Pricking with a Nail As soon as you have open'd the Sore inject the Vulnerary Water cold stopping the Hole with Cotton the application must be renew'd the next Day which will compleat the Cure If you cannot procure the Vulnerary Water dress the Sore every Day with Unguentum Pompholygos and in few Days the Cure will be perfected If neither of these Medicines can be had take a sufficient quantity of Milfoil beat it and boil it with Vinegar in an Iron-Spoon or Ladle stirring it two or three times then pour the Vinegar very hot into the Hole made by the Nail and lay the Herbs upon it continuing after the same manner till it be heal'd I could make a very numerous Catalogue of Remedies for a Prick in a Horse's Foot but there are none more excellent than the Vulnerary Water Unguentum Pampholygos and Oil de Merveille which are known to be admirably effectual in this case Some Horses have their Heels so low that they knock 'em against the Ground as they go so that they halt down-right and in the mean time the Farrier searches about the Foot Pastern-Joint Shoulder and other Parts never imagining that the Lameness is occasion'd by a Bruise in the Frush If you perceive that the Frush trembles when you touch it and that there is Matter form'd underneath you may conclude the Seat of the Grief to be there in which case you must dress the Sore like a Wound made by a Nail and make the Remedies penetrate thro' the Heel between the Frash and Bone of the Foot applying proper Restringents of Lime and the Second Water or of Soot Vinegar and Whites of Eggs about the Frush The Knowledge of these Sores or Imposthumes is more difficult than the Cure All Vulnerary Herbs are good for Pricks in the beginning as Savin Vervain Birthwort Speedwell Agrimony Zedoary Adder's-Tongue Arsmart Ladies Bed-straw Dragons and several others which must be applied with Vinegar according to the Directions already prescrib'd in the use of Milfoil I thought fit to mention a considerable number of 'em that as soon as your Horse is Prick'd you may easily find one or other but those who know none of 'em must make use of proper Ointments In the beginning before the Wound be Impostumated you may with good Success observe this Method after the Hole is discover'd pour some Spirit of Vitriol into it stop it with Cotton and set on the Shooe if your Horse grow Lame again take off the Shooe dress his Foot with Spirit of Vitriol as before and in few Days he will be perfectly sound The Ointment of Pompbolix is also an excellent Remedy for Oxen that are hurt in the Feet with the Plow as sometimes it happens by the unskilfulness of the Plow-man in which case you must open the Sore wash it well with warm Wine melt some of the Ointment into it stop the Hole and continue after the same manner till the Cure be perfected CHAP. XCII Of Pricking with Stubs or Nails in the Streets IN great Cities the Streets are usually full of Nails which frequently Prick the Feet of Horses and therefore assoon as a Coach-man perceives his Horse begin to halt he ought immediately to alight and pluck out the Nail lest the Horse by continuing to tread upon the Stones drive it into the head as it happens very often Horses are also Prick'd with Stubs or Splinters of Wood which pierce the Sole and sometimes reach to the Bone of the Foot And both these Accidents are frequently the occasion of dangerous and stubborn Sores Assoon as you perceive that your Horse is Prick'd with a Nail or Stub you must pluck it out and if it be follow'd with Blood 't is a good sign If no Blood appear you may continue your Journey if your Horse does not halt but if he be Lame the safest way is to apply a present Remedy After the Nail or Stub is drawn forth melt some Spanish Wax and let it fall into the Hole to keep out Gravel or Dirt and thus you may without danger ride your Horse to some place where you may be able to procure convenient Remedies as the Vulnerary Water and Spirit of Vitriol which must be applied Cold or for want of those Unguentum Pompholygos I have often observ'd that the application of Spanish Wax has heal'd the Wound without any farther trouble but if your Horse continue to halt you must apply the above-mention'd Remedies or good Oil de Merveille or any other proper Ointment and stop the Hole with Cotton Apply also a good Remolade to the Sole and if the Wound be large a Restringent Charge about the Coffin-Bone at the Toe continuing to dress it after the same manner till it be heal'd If these Directions be
a Day with the Balsam cold having first heated the Sinews by rubbing 'em very hard with a wisp of Hay 'T is also very proper for Bruises and cold Pains for Sinew-Sprains and Wounds This Balsam may be also us'd by Men with very good Success for it heals green Wounds as speedily and effectually as natural Balsam 't is also good for Weakness and Pains in the Joints for cold Pains Rheumatisms Sciatica's and Strains and generally in all other cases for which the Queen of Hungary's Water is commended and even is much more effectual nor can you find the description of it in any other Book if it be not borrow'd from this If it be duly Prepar'd it will be of a bright and lovely Gold colour If there be a Scale to be separated this Balsam will quickly bring it away but you must first take out the Sole and then apply the Balsam cold till the Scale be loosen'd Note That by how much nearer the Scale is to the Nut or Pivot it will require the longer time before it can be separated and therefore you must not blame the Remedy for the tediousness of the Cure for 't is to be observ'd that if the Nut or Pivot that is the Bone which is joyn'd to the Bone of the Foot be prick'd with a Nail or otherwise 't will never throw off a Scale and the Cure will certainly be very long because the Bone must be scrap'd to take away the blackness To conclude Experience will convince those who use this Balsam of its wonderful efficacy in all cases and even for Men 't is a rare Secret for Wounds Bruises cold Aches Defluxions c. If the curious Surgeon labour to discover its Virtues with a sufficient degree of Application he will find 'em to exceed his Belief if the Medicine be duly Prepar'd CHAP. XCVI Remedies for an Imposthume in the Hairy part of the Foot SOmetimes when a Prick with a Nail is neglected the Imposthume rises above the Hoof for the Matter being retain'd in the Sore below and not being able to find a Passage by reason of the hardness of the Sole or Hoof it ascends between the Bone of the Foot and the Coffin-Bone and appears under the Cronet This is usually the Case of those Horses who have weak Feet and is always very dangerous because the Hoof may be entirely separated from the Bone of the Foot or at least the Matter may harden about the Cronet and corrupt the Gristle tho' the danger be not so great in this case as in the former And even after the Horse is cur'd there may remain Swellings on the Cronet which encreasing may contract and dry the lower part of the Foot to prevent which Inconveniency you will find some Remedies at the end of the Chapter As soon as you perceive the Imposthume the usual Remedy is to take out the Sole but before you proceed to that Extremity you may try the following Medicines by which I have seen several Horses cur'd These Swellings are more dangerous in Mules than in Horses because they have tenderer Feet In the first place you must pare the Foot to open a Passage to the Matter downwards and endeavour to discover where it lies by loos'ning the Sole a little from the Hoof then dress the Sore with the Vulnerary Water or for want of that with the burning Balsam or the Oil de Merveille apply'd warm charging the Cronet with a Restringent made of unslak'd Lime mixt with the Second Water especially the Part where the Imposthume appears for there cannot be a more powerful Restringent Or you may apply a Composition of Soot Whites of Eggs and Vinegar to repel the Matter downwards promoting the Operation of the Remedy with a convenient Bandage If you pour hot Oil into the Foot it will appear on the Cronet at the top of the Foot and so Cure the whole Wound and heal it to the bottom but if after the first or second Application of the Restringent the Hoof be not re-united to the Hairy-Skin you must have recourse to the Countesses Ointment The Countesses Ointment to heal and close up the Sores occasion'd by Imposthumes in the Hairy part of the Foot Take half a Pint of Aqua-vitae and a Pound of Honey boil 'em over a very small Fire in a clean glaz'd Pot stirring 'em with a Slice till the Honey be throughly heated and incorporated with the Aqua-vitae then add Verdigrease Gall and Venetian-Borax of each two Ounces strain'd thro' a fine Searce with two Ounces of White-Vitriol beaten boil 'em all together over a gentle Fire stirring 'em till they be well incorporated and keep the Ointment for use in the same Pot well cover'd Apply this Ointment cold on a little Cotton or Flax and above that charge the whole Foot with a white or black Restringent Thus the Sore will be heal'd and the Hoof fasten'd to the Skin after the first or second Application In this case the main scope of the Cure should be to strengthen and bind the upper Parts or to drive the Matter downwards This may be done by applying the Ointment above with the Restringent Charge over it and dressing the Hole made in the Foot with the Vulnerary Water the burning Balsam or the Oil de Merveille or of Gabian If those Cautions be neglected the Matter will harden and form a great Callus on the Cronet which will occasion the shrinking or drying of the Foot by stopping its usual Supplies of Nourishment and if the Gristle be infected the Swelling will be almost as dangerous as the Quitter-bone But all these Inconveniencies may be prevented by a seasonable observance of the above-mention'd Directions before the Disease grow inveterate If there be only a simple Swelling observe the following Directions To asswage and resolve hard Swellings on the Cronet If the Tendon or Gristle be Infected as you may conclude it is when the Probe that is put into the Hole reaches to that Part you must use the same Method as in the Cure of a Quitter-bone but if the Infection do not reach so far and there is only a hard Swelling whether it obstruct the Nourishment of the Foot or not mix unslak'd Lime with the Second Water or for want of that with Aqua-vitae tho' the former is better and apply it to the Swelling with Flax laying a Plate of Lead over it to keep on the Dressing and binding it about very hard Repeat the Application every Day and in three Days the Swelling will be asswag'd But if by reason of the extream hardness of the Swelling this Remedy prove wholly ineffectual you must take out the Scale and cleave the Frush to enlarge the Quarter under the Swelling four Days after shave away the Hair as close as you can and heat the Part by rubbing it with the back of a Knife or some other Iron Instrument till the Skin grow very red without Bleeding Then anoint it with the best Oil of Bay cold with Flax and
the Matter and discover the bottom of the Sore but if there be no Scale or any other Impurity in it dress the Hole as if it were occasion'd by a Prick with a Nail To prevent these Bleymes you must keep your Horse's Feet clean and moist making him stand five or six Hours every Day with his Fore-feet in his own Dung moisten'd with Water It will be also convenient when he is Shod to knock down the Heel that the Sinew may be extended for 't is usually crooked in those Horses that have great Heels and besides the same caution will prevent the Contraction and Narrowness of the Heels for the Bleymes are almost always occasion'd by the shrinking of the inside of the Hoof to prevent which Inconveniency if that part of the Hoof be already shrunk pare the Foot and set on a Pantofle-Shooe and if your Horse be very much Hoof-bound draw three or four Lines with a hot Iron on the Hoof from the lower part of the Cronet to the Shooe and keep the inside Quarter very supple and moist I have seen Horses forc'd to stand eight or ten Days in Litter by reason of this Infirmity the preventing of which will save a great deal of Charge to their Masters The second sort besides the usual symptoms of the first infects the Gristle which must be extirpated as in the Cure of a Quitter-bone This kind of Bleyme is infinitely more dangerous than a Quitter-bone for many Horses are kill'd by it others remain for ever Lame and some escape after a long and tedious Cure 'T is sometimes occasion'd by an Over-reach which without making any outward Wound makes a Contusion within and the bruis'd Blood turns to Matter which seeking a passage infects the Gristle and being retain'd grows to a Scirrhous Lump which must be taken out below and the Gristle above and the Sore cur'd by the Remedies already propos'd in a like case During the Cure instead of Oats give your Horse moisten'd Bran with two Ounces of Liver of Antimony every Day to divert the course of the Humours and purifie the Blood You may consult the Chapter that contains the Method of Cure for Quitter-bones where you will find the Remedies that are proper in this case The third sort of Bleymes is occasion'd by small Stones and Gravel enclos'd between the Shooe and the Sole but this kind may be easily cur'd If the Shooe be ill set on or not kept fast by the Nails the Horse is in danger either of Surbating or of the Bleymes and those who have flat Feet are most subject to this Infirmity because the Sand or Gravel enters easily between the Sole and the Foot In order to the Cure you must pare the Foot to discover the Sore and if you perceive that there is no Matter generated take out the bruised Sole but if the Matter be already gather'd let it out and dress the Sore like a Prick with a Nail If the Cure be seasonably attempted it will be quickly perfected but if you find that the Distemper has already gather'd strength you must have recourse to the Vulnerary Water the burning Balsam the Oils De Merveille and of Gabian To conclude the Cure depends on the evacuation of the Matter below the neglect of which might be attended with very troublesome Consequences CHAP. XCXI Of Scab'd Heels or Frush SOmetimes the Frush falls away by degrees by reason of an Eating Scab which pierces to the Quick and occasions so great an Itching that the Horse cannot walk without halting but these Sores are not so dangerous as they are troublesome and painful Before the Horse grows Lame his Feet stink of old rotten Cheese so that you may easily discover the nature of the Grief since 't is impossible to come into the Stable without perceiving the Smell And besides they beat the Ground from time to time with their Feet by reason of the intolerable Itching in those Parts To begin the Cure you must pare the Frush with your Buttress as near as you can then quench a sufficient quantity of unslak'd Lime in Vinegar strain out the Liquor boil it and throw it boiling hot on the Frush after which apply a Restringent Charge of Powder of unslak'd Lime mixt with the Second Water or the black Restringent made of Soot Vinegar and Whites of Eggs. The Countesses Ointment is very useful in this case for it performs the Cure in three or four Applications but the Dreâ—â—ing must be kept on with Splents If the Disease return after you have cleans'd the Sores apply the Neat-herds Ointment which will heal them tho' the Internal Cause can hardly be remov'd and besides the Horse may be let Blood in the Toe from time to time All the Ointments prescrib'd for running Sores or putrify'd Legs are also good in this case For Preservation you must often pare the Frush and rub the Place once or twice with the Second Water which will consume part of the Corruption and dry up the root of the Scabs so effectually that they will not break forth again for a long time after Then bathe the Part every Day with the following Water cold Take of Allom and white Vitriol of each a Pound and a half boil 'em in a Gallon of Water till it be reduc'd to two Quarts At last when you perceive the Itching gone melt Tarr or Black Pitch upon the Scabs and keep the Feet well pick'd and free from Dust or any other Ordure that might dry ' em The last nam'd Remedy is very effectual CHAP. C. Of the Crown-Scab THE Crown-Scab is a white or mealy Scurf caus'd by a burnt yellow and malignant Matter that breaks forth at the roots of the Hair where it sticks to the Skin and makes the Hair bristle and stare and at last Scalds it quite off You may distinguish the Nature of the Distemper by the bristling of the Hair on the Cronet and not unfrequently on the whole Pastern to the Joint The place is cover'd with a mealy Scurf and the Cronet swoll'n by the abundance of Humours that fall upon the Part. The most subtle Particles of those Humours exhaling thro' the Pores of the Skin harden into a kind of Salt that sticks to the Skin and produces the Scurf which usually appears on the Cronet There are two sorts of Crown-Scabs Some are dry without the least humidity and others are moist by reason of a stinking Water that Issues out of the Pores and communicates its stench and moisture to the Neighbouring Parts Besides at the beginning of the Foot under the Cronet the surface of the Hoof is crack'd and split by the driness and acrimony of the Humour contain'd in the Cronet from whence the Hoof receives its Nourishment But I shall have occasion to treat of this Distemper in that part of this Work that contains Instructions for the curing of Horses In the mean time it may be observ'd that it is neither painful nor makes 'em unfit for Travelling unless in
and at last the Horse sinks under the violence of the Distemper The same Disorders may be also occasion'd by the first sort of Foundering if they be not prevented by timely Remedies So that it may be truly said that both kinds are very dangerous and if they be accompany'd with a Fever and melting of the Grease for the most part fatal There is a third sort of Foundering which usually seizes on Horses in the Army by reason of their eating green Corn but it may be easily cur'd in twenty four Hours and is oftentimes remov'd by Bleeding or some trivial Remedy Foundering in the Body is very frequently accompany'd with Melting of the Grease in which case the Horse is seldom or never free from a Fever This Complication of Distempers which Farriers call Chest-Foundering is almost always fatal When after violent Exercise and plentiful Sweating Horses are suffer'd to cool of a sudden either by the coldness of the Place or Season or for want of walking them after Riding they are almost always Founder'd and since the Legs are more violently exercis'd than any other part of the Body they are also more furiously attack'd by the Distemper and expos'd to the Defluxion of the Humours To prevent these Disorders you must walk your Horse gently for some time after long and violent Galloping and even after any hard Labour that the Humours which are fall'n upon the Legs already weaken'd by Riding may be dissipated before they be condens'd into a Liquor and that into a sort of Jelly which is the true cause of Foundering It will not appear strange to those who consider the danger of a sudden alteration or remove from extream Heat to excessive Cold that Horses usually become Founder'd when they are Water'd and ridden up to the Belly in cold Water immediately after violent Exercise A Horse that has been already Founder'd and has acquir'd an infirm habit of Body may relapse into the same Distemper if he be suffer'd to remain too long in the Stable and eat too much Oats and even after violent Exercises which wou'd not have produc'd any ill effect if he had never been Founder'd before Those who by reason of some Distemper in one of their Fore-Feet are forc'd to lay the weight of their Body upon the other are obnoxious to this Distemper in the Stable which is almost always occasion'd by too great a quantity of Nourishment For the Crudities that are generated by the redundancy of Food occasion a preternatural Heat and the Ebullition or Fermentation occasion'd by the Heat rarefies the most subtle Humours into Vapours which are afterwards condens'd to Water as I intimated before A Horse is very apt to be Founder'd if he be ridden while his Feet are Sore or his Legs stiff And the Cure of this kind of Foundering is extreamly difficult by reason of the Defluxion aâ—ready fall'n upon the Lame Foot I cou'd never comprehend the reason of their Opinion who pretend that a Horse may be Founder'd by riding him thro' a River or Pond when he is very Thirsty without suffering him to Drink For in very hot Weather if you suffer your Horse to Drink in the Evening after violent Sweating while his Body is still hot he may be easily Founder'd whereas if you had hinder'd him from Drinking the Danger wou'd have been certainly prevented Sometimes after a great Heat the Sinews are stiffen'd by cold without any Defluxion of Humours upon ' em This Infirmity differs from Foundering it seizes for the most part only in the Fore-Legs and is easily Cur'd The most dangerous kind of Foundering is that which is accompany'd with a Fever in which case the first and main scope of the Cure must be to remove the most urgent Symptom that is the Foundering For tho' the Fever is very dangerous and may kill the Horse 't is purely accidental and disappears as soon as its Cause is taken away When the Foundering falls upon the Feet the Cronet swells and is separated from the Hoof and therefore as soon as you perceive those Signs make several Incisions lengthwise along the Cronet with a sharp Lancet piercing the Skin to open a passage to the Humour which will come forth in form of a Reddish Water After the voiding of these Scrosities apply a Restringent Charge made of Bole-Armenic Vinegar and Whites of Eggs or unslack'd Lime set in a convenient place till it crumble into Powder and reduce it to a Paste or Dough with the Second Water and Spirit of Wine which is the most excellent Astringent that can be prescrib'd Then dress the Sores with Vinegar and Salt For if that Caution be neglected the sharp and malignant Humour which is of an acid and penetrating Nature like Aqua-Fortis will certainly loos'n the Hoof and make it fall off by the acrimony of the corrosive Salt of which 't is full and oftentimes it separates the Bone of the Foot from the Coffin-Bone about the Toe for the Bone of the Foot being dry'd by that corrosive Acid and afterwards relax'd that part which is depriv'd of Nourishment must necessarily fall away You must not take out the Sole till the dry and sapless part of the Bone of the Foot be ready to fall that is till it burst the Sole In the mean time the Hoof is dry'd spoil'd and full of Circles and the Horse becomes unfit for Service since he cannot Travel without excessive Pain The Humour flows chiefly to the Toe which usually suffers most by these Disorders and therefore the Horse treads on his Heels after he is cur'd of the Foundering WHen you perceive that the Foundering is fall'n upon the Feet and that the Bone of the Foot presses the Sole you must delay the taking out of the Sole as long as you can endeavouring to preserve it that it may contain the Bone of the Foot in its proper place you must not open the Heel but rub the Hoof near the Cronet with a quarter of an Onion every Day till the Juice penetrate the Hoof. But in the general as soon as the Foundering falls upon the Feet and the Bone of the Foot appears to be dry'd and to press the Sole you may reckon your Horse entirely lost and unfit for all manner of Service unless for labouring on soft Ground You will find a Remedy at the end of this Chapter to prevent these fatal Disorders and to remove the remaining Pains in the Foot that hinder the Horse from walking boldly and easily after the Cure of the Foundering The taking up of the Pastern-Veins as soon as the Disease falls upon the Foot may produce a very good effect but the Operation must be perform'd before the Bone of Foot appears visibly to press the Sole I think my self oblig'd to give you an Advice upon this occasion which perhaps few Persons will esteem it their Interest to follow Whoever is Master of a Horse of no very considerable value that has been once Founder'd in his Feet tho' the
too great a Heat in the Body without causing a plentiful Evacuation And therefore you may content your self with observing his Method of Bleeding and administer one of the Purging Medicines prescrib'd in the Cure of the Farcin which I only use in this case After Bleeding and Purgation repeated if need require give your Horse two or three Doses of the Cinnabar Pills two Pills for a Dose This Medicine purifies the Blood and expels the malignant serous Humours so that afterwards you may easily Cure the Mange with any common Ointment If your Horse be seiz'd with this Distemper in the Spring or about the end of the Winter after you have bled him plentifully in the Neck turn him out to Grass letting him run Night and Day in the open Fields If he continue still Mangy you must have recourse to the Ointments which you will find afterwards describ'd but Grass is certainly one of the best Remedies for the Mange If your Horse grow Mangy in the Summer you must take away a large quantity of Blood and then give him moisten'd Bran for without necessity he ought not to eat Oats mixt with convenient Herbs chop'd small Thus you may give him Scabious sharp pointed Dock Fumitory and Wild-Succory of each one handful and half an Ounce of Brimstone well mixt with his Bran every Morning and Evening for eight Days together If the Mange appear in the Winter take the Roots of the same Herbs If he will not eat 'em make a Decoction of the Herbs or Roots in three Pints of White-Wine and pouring off a Quart of it add an Ounce of Brimstone in Powder and make him drink it in the Morning keeping him bridl'd two Hours before and as long after This Decoction prepares the corrupt Humours that are in the Body for Evacuation If you have not the conveniency to put your Horse to Grass in the Spring or if he have too strong an aversion to the Cinnabar Pills you must first bleed and purge him and afterwards give him every Day two Ounces of Liver of Antimony in Powder mixt with moisten'd Bran. This Remedy will drive all Impurities out of the Body and afterwards the least Ointment Balls or Compound Water will suffice to dry up the Mange The Golden Sulphur of Antimony describ'd in Chap. CXXIX will produce the same effect if it be given for fifteen Days together These Remedies cure the Mange radically in any season of the Year but not so easily in Winter as in Summer Purging Pills for the Mange Take common Turpentine one Pound Aloes and Sena beaten to a gross Powder of each an Ounce Agaric and black Hellebor wash'd in Vinegar of each two Drams Hermodactyls five Drams Cinnabar an Ounce Reduce all the dry Ingredients to a gross Powder and make 'em up into Pills with the Turpentine If the Mass be not of a sufficient consistency you may thicken it with Barley-Flower and roll the Pills on the same Flower that they may not stick to your Fingers when you thrust 'em into the Horse's Mouth as other Pills are usually given in a Pint of White-Wine These Pills provoke Urine powerfully and therefore ought not to be given to very lean Horses in which case you may prepare the following Drench A Drench or Potion for the Mange Take of Sal-Prunellae one Ounce Tamarinds four Ounces Polypody beaten two Ounces Anniseeds half an Ounce and six Cloves Infuse 'em all Night in three Pints of Whey boil 'em in the Morning and after six or seven waums strain out the Liquor then add while the straining is yet hot Juice of Liquorice half an Ounce Sena one Ounce Agaric and Coloquintida of each two Drams Mechoacan and Turbith of each half an Ounce Pulp of Cassia two Ounces Mix all these Ingredients in Substance with the Straining and give the Potion to your Horse in the Morning keeping him Bridl'd five Hours before and four after If the Preparation of the Ingredients seem too troublesome you may give the Purgative prescrib'd for Horses after their recovery from a Fever in Chap. CXXXVII for 't is always an excellent Remedy in this case Suffer your Horse to rest one Day after the operation of the Purgative is over and then procceed to the use of the following Bath A Bath for the Mange Take a large Pot full of good Lye made of the Ashes of the Green-Wood and strain'd thro' a Linnen-Cloth a sufficient quantity of green Broom-Tops Roots of sharp-pointed Dock greater Celandine of each one handful Roots of white Hellebor half a Pound boil 'em all together and having chaf'd the Mangy Places till they grow hot wash 'em with this Decoction and rub 'em with the hot Herbs and Roots continually after the same manner for five or six Days You may also make a Bath thus Boil a large quantity of wild Hellebor cut into pieces about the length of your Finger in a strong Lye for the space of an Hour and wash the infected places with the Decoction once every Day for five or six Days together For you will seldom meet with a Mange so inveterate and deeply rooted that will not yield to this Remedy But 't is always to be observ'd that such Applications are to be preceeded by Bleeding and Purgation Another Bath and Water for the Mange in Horses and Dogs Take half a Pound of true Brasil-Tobacco untwist it as if it had never been made up into Rowls infuse it twenty four Hours in a Gallon of very strong Vinegar with a handful of Salt and afterwards boil about half a quarter of an Hour Rub the Mangy places with a Wisp bathe 'em with this Decoction warm once a Day and the Horse will certainly recover When the Liquor begins to fail put in fresh Vinegar and boil it again that it may be impregnated with the Virtue of the Tobacco Note That this Bath is also proper for Mangy Dogs and that in the use of this as well as of all other Remedies you must still begin with Bleeding and Purgation If you infuse the Tobacco in Spirit of Wine the Bath will be more effectual especially for the Mane and Tail but the Infusion must not be heated You may also very effectually cure the Mange by washing the Parts once a Day with the Yellow-Water after Bleeding and Purgation but if you perceive that it dries not up the Mange sufficiently you may double the Dose of the Sublimate that enters the Composition If you make use of this Remedy you will certainly prefer it before most others but you must patiently expect the Success renewing the Application daily till the Cure be perfected which oftentimes requires fifteen or twenty Days The following Remedy is also very effectual in this case Scrape a large quantity of the Roots of white Briony and boil it in Vinegar for the space of half an Hour Then rub the Mangy places two or three Days together with the Vinegar and Roots luke-warm after you have bled and purg'd the Horse An
relaxation of the Ligaments and Muscles after you have bled your Horse in the Neck apply the Essences Honey-Charges Baths and Fomentations prescrib'd for Shoulder-sprains in the Fifty fourth and Fifty sixth Chapters These Directions may be illustrated with the following Example A Horse who had halted so long of a Strain in the Hip that his Hip and Thigh began to decay for want of Nourishment was cur'd even in Winter which is a considerable circumstance for the Cure is more difficult in that Season than in Summer without the Application of any other Remedy than the above-mention'd Honey-Charge Baths and Fomentations but the Part was first chaf'd with a Mixture of Spirit of Wine and Oil of Turpentine and the Charge that was laid over it serv'd for a Plaister to concentrate the Virtue of the Oil and keep it from evaporating If all these Remedies be apply'd without Success you must give Nature time to work But if after all you perceive no Amendment you must proceed to give the Fire which is the last refuge in this case and ought never to be attempted till after a successless Application of other Remedies 'T is to be observ'd that some Pretenders to Skill in the cure of Horses imagine the Grief to be seated in the Bone at the top of the Rump tho' 't is certain that there is not any Joint in that place and therefore 't is in vain to apply a Remedy to a sound Part. The Joint is almost at the side of the Root of the Tail near the middle of the Thigh and when the Bone is dislocated or only relax'd you may distinctly perceive a hollowness in the Part when the Horse goes and even if you lay your Hand on the two Joints on each side and make the Horse walk gently you will immediately feel at every step that the griev'd Joint is hollower than that on the other side and consequently you may conclude that the Grief is seated there without ridiculously endeavouring to find it out at the top of the Rump where there never was a Joint In order to the giving of the Fire draw a Line with a red-hot Knife round the Joint or place where you observe the Motion making a Circle of the largeness of a great Plate the Joint being in the center This Line must only burn the Hair for it serves meerly to mark the place that must be burnt Then make holes in the Skin at the distance of an Inch from each other thro' the whole space enclos'd with the round Line cover them with a good Plaister and over that lay a sufficient quantity of Saddle-stuffings or Shavings of Cloth set a Patten-Shooe on the other Foot to make the Horse lean on the griev'd side and keep him still in one place without suffering him to lye down for the space of fifteen or twenty Days When the Scabs fall off dress the Sores with Brandy and after you have kept the Horse thirty Days in the same Posture you may begin to walk him by degrees and some time after to ride him gently Since the Fire is a powerful Resolvent it will consume and dissipate the Humours that occasion the Lameness and restore the Part to its wonted Vigour If the Swelling of the Hip descend to the Hough and from thence to the Legs you must let your Horse Blood in the Toe and charge his Legs with the above-mention'd Honey-Charge or anoint 'em with the Grease of a Mule Bear or Camel You may quickly perceive the effect of these Remedies if you take care in the mean time to walk your Horse gently from time to time Badger's-Grease produces the same effect And the Marrow of a Stag and Goose-Grease are also very proper in this case Sometimes the Strain affects only the great Sinew that runs along by the Vein on the inside of the Thigh as you may easily perceive by the Swelling Distention Pain and Heat of the Sinew In this case you must let your Horse Blood in the Neck and charge the Part with his own Blood mixt with Spirit of Wine after which you may compleat the Cure with proper Charges and Baths The above-mention'd Greases are also very useful as likewise the Ointments for the Sinews and other Ointments prescrib'd for the strengthning of the Fore-Legs Or you may apply the Baron's Ointment or Oppodeldoc which is certainly one of the best Remedies not only in this Book but even perhaps in all the Treatises that are extant on this Subject CHAP. CLXII Of the Swelling of the Cods and Stones THE Swelling of the Cods or Stones may proceed from several Causes For sometimes they are stuff'd with serous Humours that descend along the production of the Peritonaeum sometimes the Defluxion is occasion'd by the stroke of another Horse and not unfrequently the Guts fall into the Cods by reason of some Strain or Wrench 'T is the usual custom in this case to ride the Horse into the Water which by its coldness repels the Humour that flows to the Cods and if they be only full of Wind or distended with a slight Inflammation this Method may be attended with Success But if the Inflammation be violent you must apply the following Pultiss A Pultiss Take Yellow-Wax fresh Butter and Oil-Olive of each half a Pound strong Vinegar half a Pint boil 'em together till the Vinegar be almost consum'd then remove the Vessel from the Fire and adding an Ounce of Camphire in Powder make a Pultiss to be apply'd to the swoll'n Cods Four Hours after lay on a fresh Pultiss without taking away the former or covering the Part. If it be a simple Imflammation the Swelling will be asswag'd and the Pain abated But if the Swelling continue after the Heat and Pain are remov'd the Cods hanging down very low 't is a sign that the Horse is troubl'd with a Hydrocele that is when by a relaxation of the Peritonaeum the Cods are fill'd with Water which being too long retain'd in the Part by reason of the great difficulty of expelling it thro' the Pores may corrupt and ulcerate the Stones and at last occasion a fatal Grangrene To prevent these Disasters after the Heat and Inflammation is abated by the above-mention'd Pultiss apply that which follows and if that also prove ineffectual and the Stones continue to hang very low and if by feeling the Cods you have reason to believe they contain a great deal of Water you must Geld your Horse at the Full-Moon As soon as you make the Incision there will come out a Pint or two of reddish Water which caus'd the Swelling and if the Operation be dexterously perform'd the Wound may be easily heal'd if the Stones were not already ulcerated An Astringent Pultiss to asswage the Swelling of the Cods Make a sort of Gruel of Barley-Meal and Vinegar and when 't is almost boil'd add half the quantity of Chalk with a sufficient quantity of Oil of Roses and Quinces and two Pugils of Salt Apply this Remedy
is an excellent Remedy to ripen Matter in any part of the Body where the Skin is broken and when the circumstances of the Disease require the Sore to be kept open You may apply either of these Remedies according to the greatness of the Swelling Vegetius in the Eighth Chapter of his Third Book where he treats of the Swelling of the Stones orders 'em to be anointed Morning and Evening with the Powder of Burnt-Barley mixt with Hog's-Grease adding that a Dog's-Gall is of admirable efficacy in this case These Remedies are cheap and safe but I cannot recommend 'em from my own Experience CHAP. CLXIV Of the Lask Looseness or Flux of the Belly THis Disease is so frequently Mortal I mean when it attacks Horses that it ought never to be neglected when it comes without a manifest Cause But a Horse may be seiz'd with a Looseness without any considerable Danger after the drinking of cold Water in Summer or of melted Snow and after the eating of tender Grass or other Aliments and Medicines that may be rather said to produce a good Effect by loosening the Horse's Belly and expelling part of the Impurities that are lodg'd in his Body But this is not the Disease treated of in this Chapter The Lask or Flux is caus'd by the Weakness of the Stomach that cannot digest the Nourishment which consequently passes thro' the Guts and is voided at the Fundament almost without any Alteration It proceeds also from the Corruption of the Humours that are either gather'd in the Stomach or flow thither from the neighbouring Parts and by disturbing Nature in the Performance of her important Work of Concoction provoke her to a vigorous Endeavour in order to their Expulsion These Humours are not always raw and cold for oftentimes the Guts are scowr'd by an Inundation of Choler which may be call'd a Natural Clyster This kind of Flux is rarely dangerous and even not unfrequently profitable It is an ill Sign when the Aliments are voided entire without the least Mark of Digestion For 't is absolutely impossible for Nature to repair her Losses and regain her wonted Vigour without fresh Supplies of Nourishment and 't is plain that she receives not any considerable Advantage from the Nourishment when it only passes thro' the Body without undergoing any Change Besides these Internal Causes this Distemper may be occasion'd by eating too much Provender in which Case it may be easily cur'd by diminishing the usual Allowance of Food Sometimes 't is caus'd by eating mouldy or rotten Hay frozen Grass and other unwholsome Nourishment as also by drinking very cold Water and by immoderate and fatiguing Exercise This Distemper may also proceed from want of Exercise drinking immediately after the eating of a great quantity of Oats excessive Fatness feeding on Rye Straw and an ill Disposition of the whole Body To discover the Nature of the Humour that causes and foments the Disease you must consider the Excrements that are voided for if they boil and ferment upon the Ground you may conclude that the Distemper proceeds from over-heated Choler if they be white 't is a Sign of Crudity if they be watery they denote a great Weakness of the Stomach A Remedy for the Flux If the Excrements be mixt with small Pieces or Scrapings of the Guts you have reason to fear an Ulcer in those Parts which usually proves fatal if the Danger be not speedily prevented by a seasonable Cooling of the Entrails which may be effected by the following Remedy Take Barley and the Roots of Marsh-Mallows beaten of each two Ounces Powder of Sal Prunellae an Ounce Boil 'em in three Quarts of Water to one Quart The Dose is a Pint two or three times a day This Decoction allays the Inflammation of the Entrails sweetens the Acrimony of the Humors reduces the Choler to its natural State and destroys the preternatural Heat that occasions the Fever If this Distemper be caus'd by Flegm you must strengthen the Stomach evacuate the redundant Humours and bind and strengthen the relax'd Parts These Indications require the Use of the Cordial-Powder or Pills the Electuary of Kermes Treacle and other hot Remedies that are endu'd with a Virtue to strengthen and corroborate the Parts The Cure of this kind of Flux is easier than in the other Cases The Looseness of the Belly or Flux is frequently an Effect of a vigorous struggle of Nature to throw off and expel a troublesome Load of Humours But if it continue longer than three Days and be attended with the Loss of Appetite it may produce dangerous Consequences for sometimes Horses are founder'd by the long Continuance of this Distemper Therefore you must endeavour to prevent the Danger by the seasonable Application of convenient Remedies and by keeping the Horse to a regular Diet. You must not suffer your Horse to eat Oats but feed him with Bran moisten'd with Claret if he have not too strong an Aversion against it Barley parch'd on a Peel at the Fire and then ground is very good in this Case and you must also chuse the best Hay To proceed to the Use of Remedies you may begin with this scowring Clyster A Scowring Clyster Take Wheat Bran well sifted and whole Barley of each two Handfuls red Roses a Handful true Opium slic'd small half a Dram Boil 'em in Whey or steel'd Water for the space of a quarter of an Hour then add the Leaves of wild Succory Agrimony Beets white Mullein and Mercury of each one Handful In two Quarts of the Decoction dissolve the Yolks of six Eggs Honey of Roses and brown Sugar of each four Ounces Mix and make a Clyster After this Clyster has scowr'd the Guts and expell'd part of the corrupt Matter that was lodg'd in 'em you may give your Horse two Ounces of Liver of Antimony in moisten'd Bran or half an Ounce of the Golden Sulphur of Antimony persisting in this Method for a considerable Time For these Medicines strengthen the Entrails allay the Ebullition or Fermentation of the Humours and contribute very effectually to the Cure of this Distemper This done you may inject the following Clyster A Cooling and Binding Clyster Take Knot-Grass or instead of that Shepherd's Purse and white Mullein of each one Handful Leaves of Plantane two Handfuls Flowers of wild Pomegranates half a Handful the Seeds of Myrtles Lettuce and Plantane of each two Ounces Beat the Seeds and boil 'em in three Quarts of Beer or Barley-Water with half a Dram of good Opium cut into thin slices then put in the Herbs and afterwards a Handful of dry'd Roses Add to the Straining half a Pound of Honey of Roses and four Ounces of Sugar of Roses Mix and make a Clyster to be administer'd after the usual Manner A Potion for the Flux If the Flux be not stopp'd or at least abated by the above-mention'd Preparations of Antimony after these two Clysters you must give the following Potion continuing to repeat the Clysters from time to