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B05906	The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I.; Parfait mareschal. English. 1696	Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.; Hope, William, Sir.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4458; ESTC R184351	1,036,506	744

the Method prescrib'd in the Sixth and following Chapters Since the Oil of Rue is a good and cheap Remedy it will not be improper to insert the true description of it Oil of Rue Take a Pound of Oil-Olive and two handfuls of Rue chop'd small boil 'em slowly in a Skellet and strain out the Oil throwing away the Herbs Then add two handfuls of fresh Rue and boil and strain as before Repeat the same Operation a third time and preserve the Oil which is indu'd with a Virtue to cut and digest thick and tough Humours Being dissolv'd in a Clyster it helps the Colic and asswages Pains in the Belly Kidneys and Bladder and it may be successfully us'd in outward Applications for the Cure of several cold Diseases It resolves hard and cold Tumours that resist the efficacy of ordinary Remedies but by reason of its Heat you must never use it when you have reason to fear an Inflammation CHAP. CXXXIII Of Palpitation of the Heart THE beating or palpitation of the Heart is a quick and violent Motion of that noble Part by which it endeavours to expel something that oppresses it 'T is usually occasion'd by a malignant Steam or Vapour proceeding partly from a Melancholic Humour that stagnates in the Veins and insinuates it self into the great Artery hard Riding violent Exercise corrupt Water bad Nourishment and every thing that is apt to produce Heat or Obstructions are the remote Causes of this Distemper The Palpitation of the Heart is visible to the Eye for when the Disease is violent the Heart beats with so much force against the Horse's sides that you may plainly perceive the motion of the Skin at every stroke and if you lay your Ear to the Part you may hear as it were the Blows of a Hammer within the Horse's Body on both sides together Some Horses in this Condition retain their Appetite better than others and are not troubl'd with an extraordinary beating in the Flanks Remedies that strengthen the Heart cherish and revive the Spirits dispel thick Vapours and resist their Malignity are proper in this case Bleeding is the sovereign Remedy of this Distemper and it may be safely repeated oftner than once in one Day if the violence of the Palpitation be not abated This Distemper is sometimes very vehement and impetuous but not usually Mortal unless it be accompany'd with a Fever which does not happen very often The Cure is almost always successfully perform'd by the frequently repeated use of convenient Clysters Bleeding and Cordial Remedies As for Cordials you have the Electuary of Kermes the Cordial-Powder the Lieutenants-Powder and the Cordial-Balls which must be methodically exhibited and the Dose repeated two or three times according to the violence of the Distemper If the Palpitation be accompany'd with a vehement beating in the Flanks you must give your Horse a Quart of a Cordial Mixture of the Waters of Scorzonera Scabious Carduus Benedictus and Roses with an Ounce of Confection of Hyacinth without Musk or Ambergreese and one of the Cordial Balls reduc'd to Powder rinsing the Pot and Horn with half a Pint of the same Cordial-Waters The Cordials must be repeated every Day or at least once in two Days They who cannot procure any of the above-mention'd Remedies may prepare the following Potion A Remedy for the Palpitation of the Heart Take Bugloss Bawm and Borage of each a handful boil 'em in a sufficient quantity of Water for the space of half a quarter of an Hour till the Water be reduc'd to a Pint Then removing it from the Fire add two handfuls of Sorrel and let it stand till it be cold Dissolve in the strain'd Liquor an Ounce and a half of Conserve of Roses half an Ounce of Confection of Hyacinth without Musk or Amber-greese and ten Grains of Saffron make your Horse drink it luke-warm and two Hours after give him the following Clyster A Clyster for the Palpitation of the Heart This Clyster dispels and removes Obstructions and consequently is very proper for a Horse opprest with such a Distemper as this that proceeds from Vapours and Wind. Take the five softening Herbs Mugwort Cammomil Rue and Melilot of each two handfuls Powder of Sal-Polychrest an Ounce and a half boil 'em for the space of half a quarter of an Hour in a sufficient quantity of Water to three Quarts then press out the Water and throw away the Herbs After which add to the strain'd Liquor Linseed and Fenugreek-seed beaten to Powder of each two Ounces Boil about a quarter of an Hour longer and add to the straining Oil of Bay and fresh Butter of each three Ounces Cow's Urine one Pint if it can be procur'd Repeat the Clyster every six Hours and the Potion once a Day Keep your Horse to a spare Diet feed him with moisten'd Bran give him no Oats and walk him frequently at a foot pace As soon as you perceive the Palpitation to be perfectly allay'd and your Horse restor'd to his former Health 't will be highly convenient to exhibit the following Purgative Take an Ounce and a half of Aloes for an ordinary Horse or two if he be of a very large size an Ounce of Agaric in Powder and a like quantity of Flower de luce of Florence make a Powder and give it to your Horse in a Quart of Milk keeping him Bridl'd five Hours before and four Hours after The next Day the Medicine will begin to operate and you must walk your Horse from time to time till the evacuation be stop'd after which you may give him his usual allowance of Oates This Purgation attacks and subdues the cause of the Distemper and quickly perfects the Cure A Clyster to dispel Wind. Take of the usual softening Decoction three Quarts and three or four Ounces of the Carminative and Purgative Oil prescrib'd for the second kind of Colic or a quarter of a Pound of Oil of Bay and two Ounces of Butter Mix and make a Clyster The preceding Remedy I mean both the Potion and Clyster are universally useful in all the various kinds of Palpitation but if you can certainly discover the cause of the Disease you may observe the following Directions If it be Summer and you have reason to suspect that the Distemper proceeds from the excessive Heat of the Horse's Body let him Blood in the Neck-Vein and make him stand in Water up to the Neck for an Hour during which time you may prepare this Potion Take the Waters of Scorzonera Scabious Roses and bitter Succory as much of each as a common Drinking Glass will contain Cream or Crystal of Tartar in Powder one Ounce Syrup of the Juice of Sorrel or for want of that of Violets four Ounces Mix and make a Draught And you may give him an Ounce of Sal-Polychrest in a Quart of Wine and walk him an Hour or somewhat less according to his Strength and afterwards give him one of the following Clysters You may mix the Febrifuge describ'd in

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 vis●●●●● 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 Colocy●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 Ner● Muscles Joynts and Lungs it is excellent for to carry away that vitrified Phle● which adheres to the Internal superfice of the Guts which causes violent Coli●● and is a great Enemy to the Stomack and Intestines when it cleaves to them pe●●●● correct it by making it into Troches called Al●andal or with Oyl of Sweet A●●●●● and Gum Tragacanth This is the common Purgative of the Farriers because it costs but little a●● 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 how●●●● 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 ●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 Baln●● 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 Diacarth●●● ● Ounce A remedy to purge phlegm Agarick in Troches two Drams Turbith and Hermodacts of each an Ou●●● 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 prep●●●● in the Apothecaries Shops by giving from one to two Ounces of them the 〈◊〉 which purge Phlegm are Ptlulae co●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 pi●ra Galeni Elect●●●● Jndum majus Mesuae the Dose of any of these is from four to six Ounces No● a man may of any number of the foresaid Medicaments which purge Phlegm ●●pole a purgative Remedy proper for it by either mixing them with the above ●●●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 Armeni●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

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

so much raised above the skin but they are more dangerous than those which are bigest and most elevate this infirmity is easily discovered when a Man is a buying a Horse for he will perceive a great many mattering kind of Warts or Poireaux which touch one another and are without hair they are for the most part humid and send forth matter but yet may be dryed up for a season There cometh sometimes also in the soles mattering kind of warts or rather Figs upon the frush which are easy to be known for they are in a manner detatched from it and send forth a stinking kind of matter they also appear distinctly upon the middle of the frush towards the heel which is full of corrupt stuff they commonly exceed the ordinary height of the frush and are as I said rather figs than Poireaux or mattering warts although they are for the most part called Poireaux because of their being mentained and nourished by the same nervous juice as they Those Figs grow sometimes also upon the sides of the frush and beneath the sole of the foot and when they are considerably raised above the frush so that they touch the ground as the Horse is riding they then cause him halt to the very ground The external form of Figs is the the same with those Poireaux or mattering warts which come in the pasterns only that the figs do not in the beginning send forth such stinking matter as the Poireaux or Leek heads doe those figs are of such consequence that no man should buy a Horse which hath them because their cure is long and troublesome so that such persons who know the secret of it may safely say they can perform what very few people can although some within this short time have become pretty skilful in it A Man may know when a Horse hath been cured of figs especially if he hath suffered long under them because that foot in which he had them will be larger than the rest and will still continue to be so although the Horse be otherways very well recovered and render good service I know a fine Coach Horse whom there was a necessity to reject because they had neglected to look to the figs which he had in his hind soles which were become so corrupted that the little foot or Coffin-bone was almost quite discovered by it so that one might have easily touched it with the prob thorow the corruption which the figs had made a top of it the Horse being in this condition did rid but with trouble and his hind feet were almost twice as big as his fore so that at last there was a necessity to reject him There cometh sometimes also thorow a Horses whole Body a great number of figs or rather Anburys but which do no kind of prejudice and as their roots are a great dale less than their bodies people tye a threed of double silk about them which they straiten by degrees and which maketh these Auburys to dry up and fall away especially if they are begun to be tyed and restricted after the full of the Moon and when she is a decreasing and that they be daily anointed with the juice of the herb purslain or with the milk which cometh from green figs when they are broke and squeezed there are few of these kind of Figs or Anburys which are not eradicat in the decrease of one Moon but the silk threed must be straitned once in three days sometimes they go away of their own accord and so the horse is freed of them unless it be a certain kind of large ones which are broad at the roots and also almost asflat as a Crown piece such immediatly appear upon the surface of the skin the part is quick and sendeth forth a stincking juice or water if these kind of Anburys be neglected they will increase to the bigness of half Oranges and will be very ugly they may be dryed up with the yellow water by touching them with it once or twice a day and if you strew them over with the powder of dryed Cuttle fish bone and continue it you will so kill them that they will no more appear they come likeways upon that part of the neck where blood is taken and which is commonly caused by stricking with a rusty lance or fleam also in the flat and middle parts of hind Legs The best remedy which I find for either is the yellow water or vulnerary water described in the 60. Chap. Sect. 8. and 61. Chap. Sect. 3d. of the second part you are to wash these figs or Anburys every day with urine then touch them with the vulnerary water and afterwards strew them with the powder of dryed cuttle fish-bone and continuing this for a Month the Anburys will dry up and because they have no roots will therefore never return It may so fall out that the Anburys may have caused a kind of Ulcer which will be long a drying up and healing but if you still continue to apply what I have been directing it will at last extirpate them In fine although it is not in this place you should find remedies I have however thought fit to set down this because of its easiness and that it is not worth the while to make a Chapter expresly for it The Traverse Mules or Kib'd heels are Chops and Clifts which surround the back parts of the pastern joints where they ply and bend and oft-times there cometh above that part many more this infirmity is more painfull than the preceeding because these chincks as a horle is Riding shut and open by reason of the motion made by the pastern-joint which maketh them very painfull it is with difficulty that they can be dryed up because of that movement that keepeth them still open and which augmenteth the descent of the humour that nourisheth them those who understand not this infirmity call it a Crevisse it is indeed a Crevisse but which is more propperly called a Traverse Mule or Kib'd Heel This infirmity should not hinder a man to buy a horse if the legs be not gorged and swelled although the most inconsiderable infirmities in Coach-Horses legs are truly very much to be feared because of their bad consequences oftentimes this infirmity maketh a Horse always halt until the sharpness of the humour heat and swelling of the leg are removed Besides Rats-Tails Poireaux or mattering warts and Traverse mules there cometh in the hind legs a kind of white sharp and corrupt humour or Waters called in French Manvaises Eaux they come very rarely in the fore-legs but rather almost always in the hind these Waters are like to a stinking kind of matter which passing thorow the pores of the skin deaden it and also render it of a whitish collour they commonly do not ulcerate but in the Crevisses which are either in the pastern or upon the pastern-joint This infirmity is quickly known by causing lift the hind feet and searching the pasterns

is through time quite lost and the heat of the Grease which enters into 〈◊〉 composition Surmounts the refrigerating quality of the other ingredient it provokes sleep is good for feaverish persons and for Head-akes proceeds from heat if the fore-head and temples be Anointed with it It is also very goe to be given for cooling in Glysters useing betwixt two and four Ounces 〈◊〉 it at a time As for the refrigerating Ointment of Galen it is mighty refreshing as cooling There are also other Emplasters and Ointments much in use for horses to 〈◊〉 the Diachylum Magnum which mollifies hardnesses and either resolves Swelling or brings them to maturity The Nutritum otherwayes called Triphar●●● which is good for the imperfections of the skin and to dry up Ulcers The Unguentum De Belo which Cools Binds and Strengthens it is good in the beginning of hot defluxions especially for Erysipelys The Pompholix for pricks and Street-Nails and besides it also dryes up Ulcers The Stiptick Ointment for horses whose fundaments fall out by reason of the violence occasioned by some effort or stress Sect. 2. Of other Ointments and Emplasters made use of for Horses THe Emplast of Melilot Mollifies all hardnesses and dispells wind Sect. 2. The Basilicon Ripens by cleansing and drawing The Vnguent Rubrum incarnates Asswageth pain and healeth up wounds The Vng Egyptiacum cleanses Ulcers and Fistulaes removes Corruption and eats away the Dead-flesh more powerfully then the Vng Aposlolorum as also it dryes up wounds The Emplast Divinum is good for Malignant Ulcers it consumes their putre● faction and advances the ripening of Tumours I shall here give you the Receipt of a Plaister An approved receipt for Corns in mens feet for easing the pains occasioned by Corns in Mens feet which I have alwayes found succeed very well Take three Drams of Emplast Divinum and puting it into a little glazed earthen pot melt it over a gentle heat adding to it a small spoonful of Olive Oil to keep the plaister from burning as it melts being melted take it from the fire continually stirring it about and when it begins to cool add to it one Dram of good sweet Sublimate in fine Powder and continue still stirring it off the fire until it be perfectly cold Take a little of this Plaister and spreading it upon either a piece of fine Linnen cloath or Cambrick apply it to the Corns and let it continue at them for 24 hours at the end of which time as you are going to bed remove the Plaister and with your Nail scratch as much from your Corns as you can conveniently take away after which apply the very same Plaister again and I assure you within two days you will scarcely feel any pain after four dayes apply a fresh plaister continueing still to scratch your Corns at the end of every 24 hours as you go to bed and at last you will take them wholly away but after the second day you will have no more pain The Emplast Oxycrotium mollifies hardnesses and removes pains proceeding from a cold cause The Emplast Aureum is good for agglutinating incarnating and easing pain as also for making the hoofs grow The Emplast De Betonica is good for wounds and Ulcers in the head The Diapalma which the Apothecaries call Diacalcitios a strange and hard word only to amuse people stops Defluxions and heals Ulcers The Ointment of Montpelier for Swellings and to strengthen The Dukes Ointment for Tumors and hot Inflammations The Vng Oppodeldoch for dryed up and torn or rent shoulders The Hermits Ointment is admirable for Horses Wounds Monsieur Curty's Plaister for pricks in the feet and Street-Nails The Ointment of Plantane for Brittle-hoofs and to make the horn grow These six last Compositions are those most made use of for horses and are described in the 2d Part of this Book as may be seen by the Alphabetical Table which is at the end of the said part I shall here also set down Black-Soap although it is properly neither ranked amongst Ointments nor Plaisters but seeing it is a powerful resolver of Tumors and Swellings and also that it is excellent for drying up the white corrupt and stinking Humors in Horses Legs I thought it deserved to be set down in this place There are many other Oyntments and Plaisters in the 2d Part which are almost all of my own invention there are likewise a great many Descriptions of Oils Ointments Plaisters c. In Bauderon Du Renou Scroderus and in the Works of la Franaboisiere as also in the new Dispensatory of Zwelfer and several others who all of them show their Compositions and Vertues Sect. 3. Of the Oyls commonly made use of for horses THe Oil of Sect. 3. Violets takes away Inflammations tempers the heat of Impostum● and eases pain The Oil of Lillies heats resolves and digests humors which occasion pain The Oil of Iris removes akes proceeding from a cold Cause and advances the ripening of Tumors it penetrates more powerfully and is a greater Resolver than the Oil of Lillies but is less Anodyne The Common Oil of Roses is good for inflammations it keeps back Defluxions a●● is good for stopping the impetuous motion of humors The Oleum Rosarum Omphacinum is more cooling than the former and is excellent for akes or pains proceeding from a hot Cause it also fortifies the Stomack and other intestines and is astringent The Oil of Camomil or Melilot heats and resolves indifferently it also eases pairs proceeding from a cold cause and strengthens wonderfully the Nerves The Oilof Hypericum which we call St Johns Wort is the true Balsam of the Nervous parts it cures Burnings and pricks with Nails or Stubs and is also Anodyne and Diuretick The Oil of Laurel or Bayes I mean that which is true and not that which is commonly sold in Parts in which there is not above the fourth part of the Oil of L●●● and the other three only of Swines Seam to which they give the true Colour by a little Verdigrise in fine powder it is not I say this kind of it which I here mean but the●e and unsophisticate Oil of Laurel which resolves powerfully and gives ease 〈◊〉 indispositions of all the parts proceeding from a cold cause but especially to those 〈◊〉 the Nerves and Joynts The Oil of Dwarf-Alder-Seeds asswages all kind of Akeings in the joynts and 〈◊〉 sipates gross Phlegm The Oil of Earth-worms is good for the Nerves all pains in the joynts and is 〈◊〉 Anodyne or softning The Oil of Rue is a great Resolver it heats and attenuats gross humors exp● wind and is good for the Colick and Convulsion The Oil of Marjoram is good for the Nerves and the cold affection the Brain The Oil of Gabian is an Oily juice or rather Bitumen which comes forth 〈◊〉 the Water in a spring near Besiers in Languedock it is hot as are all the Petrolaus 〈◊〉 Bitumenous Oils proceeding from Rocks whereof Dioscorides discourses at large

accompany'd with a sort of Scab which is bigger or less according to the various degrees of the Malady The Selenders breed on the bending of the Hough they proceed from the same Causes that breed the Malenders and are known by the same signs but they happen not so frequently and are consequently more dangerous as denoting that there is a great quantity of Humours in the Hough which continually discharge upon the Leg those malignant Waters that at last rot and corrupt it We must not attempt a compleat Cure of either of these Sores but only endeavour to allay the Humour and qualifie its sharpness by the use of Alkali's which blunt and deaden the too sharp Acid for they who absolutely dry up the Sore may be justly compar'd to those who shut the door of the Sheep-coat to keep the Wolf in And therefore you must content your self with keeping the part very clean that is you must wash and scour off the filth and corruption that sticks on the Hair or Skin with Black-Soap which is an Alkali and rub the Malenders with it then wash the part with Urine or a good Lye or rub the Chink with Butter fry'd till it grow black The surest way to cure either Malenders or Selenders is to mix equal quantities of Linseed-Oil and Aqua-Vitae stirring and shaking 'em till the mixture grow white and to anoint the Sores with it once a day This will dry a little and allay the sharpness of the Humours so that the Malender will neither cause a Swelling nor Pain The same is an excellent Remedy for Coach-Horses when they begin to be troubl'd with Red-Waters Chinks and Mules accompany'd with Heat and Swelling Sometimes the Selenders cause a Swelling which grows hard and hinders the motion of the Hough and since the situation of the Part is very inconvenient for the Application of Remedies you must proceed to the give the Fire as I once saw done with very good Success to a Spanish Horse who was cur'd without the least ill consequence Anoint the Malenders with Oil of Nuts mixt and shaken with Water after you have rub'd 'em with Black-Soap The Ointment for the Feet describ'd in the Eighty Fifth Chapter is also very proper in this Case Album Rasis dries a Malender when it grows too big and asswages the Inflammation The Ointment of Roses is also an excellent allayer of Sharpness if it be faithfully Prepar'd for that which is commonly Sold as I intimated before is not made of Roses but consists only of Hog's-grease melted with a little White-Wax to give it a Body These Impostors stir it while 't is hot with a Root of Alkanet to dye it red and wash it afterwards in Rose-Water to make it smell of Roses Meer Tallow is not at all inferiour to this pretended Ointment with which so many People are cheated CHAP. LXIX Of Splents YOu will find a large Account of these Excrescences in the Second Part and therefore I shall content my self at present with giving this short Account of a Splent that it is a Callous hard and insensible Swelling which breeds on the Shank-Bone and spoils the shape of the Leg when it grows big The Splent is usually occasion'd by a Blow or other Hurt on the Shank-Bone which offends the Periosteum or Skin that surrounds the Bone for the Humour gathering by degrees on that part forms a Tumor or Excrescency A Horse may be also troubl'd with this Infirmity if he be over-ridden or hard wrought when he is too Young before his Legs be strong enough and his Bones of a sufficient solidity and firmness to bear the Fatigues of Travelling For by straining of that part 't is render'd subject to Defluxions or the falling down of Molten Grease and if the Humour slip between the Bone and its Membrane it breeds a hard Lump that by degrees encreases and draws its Nourishment from the Bone which I have seen full of Holes like a Sieve in that part To protect the weakest part of the Bone against the Humour Nature fences it with a Callus which we call a Splent and if the Excrescency be augmented by Travelling and ascend to the Knee it makes the Horse Halt and is more difficult to Cure than the other kind I advise those who undertake the Cure of a Splent never to consume it with violent Caustics which often scale the Bone and dry up the Sinew 'T is true these Medicines take away the Splent but they weaken the Leg so extreamly that it were better to let the Swelling remain If the Horse be old you will find the Cure very difficult and the Splent can hardly be remov'd whereas it may be easily taken away from a young Horse and in the general 't is certain that a large Splent may be sooner remov'd and with less trouble when the Horse that bears it is young than a small Excrescency in the Leg of an old Horse You shall hardly meet with one that pretends to understand Horses who will not acquaint you that he is Master of an infallible Receipt for the Farcin and another for Splents tho' upon trial you will find his performance come far short of his Promises When the Splent is an effect of the deprav'd Shape of the Shank-Bone 't is to be esteem'd a Blemish or Deformity rather than a Disease For 't is the same with that which Physicians call Apophysis and does not admit of a Cure A Remedy for the Splent Shave away the Hair and beat or rub the Swelling with the handle of a Shooing-Hammer till it be soften'd then burn three or four Hazel-sticks while the Sap is in 'em and chafe the Splent with the Juice or Water that sweats out of both ends applying it as hot as you can without burning the Part after which rub or bruise the Swelling with one of the Sticks and continue frequently to throw the hot Juice upon the Part but not so hot as to burn it rubbing it still till it grow soft Then dip a Linnen-Cloth five or six times doubl'd in the hazel-Hazel-Juice as hot as you can endure it upon your Hand and tye it on the Splent suffering it to remain four and twenty Hours In the mean time keep your Horse in the Stable without permitting him to be led or rid to Water during the space of nine Days at the end of which the Splent will be dissolv'd and the Hair will come again some time after If the Hazel be not in its full Sap it will not operate so effectually nevertheless it may be us'd but the part must be rub'd and bruis'd more strongly If the Splent be not quite taken away but only lessen'd repeat the operation a Month after Another Remedy Shave the Hair knock rub and soften the Splent as before then take a piece of the Skin of Bacon not very fat and lay it on the part with the fat side outwards Afterwards apply a flat Cautery or red-hot Iron of the bigness of a Shilling holding it

Remedies for 'em in the same Order Remedies for simple Scratches The simple Scratches are cur'd by taking out the Piece of Rotten Flesh that lies between the Flesh and the Skin In order to that end take the quantity of an Egg of Leaven made of Rye-Meal two or three Heads of Garlick beaten and as much Pepper as you can lift with the Ends of three Fingers temper 'em with Vinegar and apply the Mixture to the sore place This is certainly a very good Remedy for in four and twenty hours it brings forth the corrupt Piece of Flesh without leaving any Foulness at the Bottom of the Sore If you cannot procure Rye-Leaven take Leaven made of Wheat-Dough or prepare the following Remedy Take the Bulbs of two or three Leeks or for want of these two white Onions beaten incorporate 'em with the bigness of an Egg of Hog's Lard and as much Mustard-seed as you can take up with the Ends of your Fingers Apply this Remedy to the Swelling renewing it once a day and the rotten Flesh will quickly come forth then wash the Part with Aqua-Vitae and apply to the Sore the above-mention'd Ointment of Honey and Verdigrease by which Method continu'd for some time the Cure will be speedily perfected If the Scab or Scurf that falls off be very large as sometimes it is you must cleanse the Sore with fine Flax and apply the already-mention'd Ointment which is very excellent for this Purpose or rub the Part with the Herb call'd Greater Celandine which grows always in shady places and has a yellow Juice You must beat it and squeeze out the Juice to rub the Part and bind the bruis'd Herbs upon it for there is not a more powerful Dryer in the World Or you may take out the Corrupt Flesh thus Chop two or three Onions boil 'em in Water with Mallows and Ground-sell of each one handful strain out the Water and throw it away then add a handful of raw Sorrel to the other Ingredients beat 'em all together to a Paste which must be thicken'd with Flower of Linseed to the Consistence of a Pultiss Spread it on Lint and apply it hot to the Scratches If the Tumour be very hard add a little Hog's Grease or Basilicum before you put in the Linseed and apply as before renewing the same once in four and twenty Hours if there be Occasion for one or two Applications will take out the rotten piece of Flesh leaving a Hole which must be dress'd as before Young Horses are very subject to this Kind of Scratches I shall name several Remedies that are good for it that every one may chuse which he pleases Old Oil Butter the Fat or Grease of Hens Geese Ducks and Hogs the Marrow of Stags and Oxen which may be made up with Rye-flower and Crums of Bread These are also very good and cheap Remedies and easily prepar'd and besides you may use the Plaister call'd Diachylum that of the Mucilages or Basilicum CHAP. LXXXI Of Sinewy Scratches THE above-mention'd Remedies will not produce any considerable Effect in the Cure of the first Kind of sinewy Scratches which lie so deep that they cannot ripen for the Sinews that cover 'em hinder the Operation of the Remedies The white Honey-Charge which you will find describ'd in the Hundred eighty fourth Chapter will more effectually soften the Part if you add Turpentine and Linseed and apply the Remedy round the Pastern charging the whole Leg with cold Lees of Wine to prevent the falling down of the Humours If there be any Appearance that the Swelling is dispos'd to come to a Head in any part of it you must pierce the Skin with a hot Iron round the part making eight or ten Holes according to the Largeness of the space in form of a Circle and sometimes beyond the part according to the Room you have and the Probability of drawing the Matter by opening these Passages If the Matter appear in any part apply a Rowler of soft Linnen moisten'd with Basilicum and over that a Pultiss of the white Honey-Charge as I intimated before keeping the Leg always charg'd with the Duke's Ointment or Lees of Wine and continuing to dress the Sore every day till the Scabs fall off or till you perceive that 't is fit to apply repelling Remedies for Example if the Skin between the two Holes be loosen'd from the Flesh and the Matter flow too abundantly you must lay aside the white Honey-Charge and make use of the following Remedy Heat a Pound or two of common Turpentine in an Earthen Pot by degrees stirring it all the while with a wooden Slice thicken it with very fine Soot stirring always over a gentle Fire till it be reduc'd to the Thickness of a Honey-Charge Then spread it on Flax and apply it warm to the Part but you must first wash the Sore with Aqua-Vitae This Charge is in some measure Restringent it takes away the Heat and hinders the Humours from flowing too abundantly to the griev'd Part. As often as you heat the Restringent Charge you must stir it all the while 't is near the Fire for otherwise 't will turn knotty Let the Horse feed on moisten'd Bran and make him wholly abstain from Oats This Sort of Scratches must never be neglected for all your Care and the most powerful Remedies you can apply or imagine will hardly be able to ripen it I shall in the next place proceed to propose some Remedies for the Scratches that breed upon the Sinew and tho' without any Danger make the Horse halt before the Corruption come forth You may chuse which you please Remedies for the Second Kind of Sinewy Scratches These Scratches grow in the Pastern upon the Sinew they are accompany'd with extreme Pain and make the Horse halt but yield to the effectual Operation of proper Remedies First you must rub the swoll'n Leg daily with the Duke's Ointment and afterwards bring forth the Corruption or rotten Bit of Flesh with one of the Remedies describ'd in the last Chapter as that made of Rye-flower and Garlick or that which is compos'd of Leeks and old Hog's Grease or one of those that follow Take fresh Butter and Oil-Olive of each four Ounces heat 'em with half a Pint of common Water and thicken 'em with two Ounces of Linseed-flower Then boil as if you were going to make Gruel adding a little before you take the Skellet from the fire two Ounces of Pigeon's Dung in powder and charge the Sore warm having first clipp'd off the Hair with Scizzars If that do not answer your Expectation take Leaves of Colt's-foot long Sorrel and Mallows of each one Handful bake 'em under the Embers then beat and incorporate 'em with salt Butter This Remedy being apply'd hot will draw forth the Rotten Piece of Flesh but if it fail Bake or roast four Lilly Roots under the Ashes beat and add Hen's Grease or any other convenient Grease three Ounces Linseed-Oil two Ounces the Yolks of two

II. Hyssop is a very common Herb and hot in the second Degree it attenuates Humours and being joyn'd to Purgative Medicines augments their Virtue t is one of the Specifics for Diseases of the Breast helps Respiration and strengthens the natural Heat III. Coltsfoot call'd in Latin Tussilago grows in moist sandy and cold Places and is cold and moist in the first degree It cures Inflammations being externally apply'd and is a specific Medicine for the Lungs that are dry'd by a preternatural Heat which causes a Cough You will find a large account of its Virtues in Dioscorides IV. White Mullein grows every where in the Fields but its commonness does not lessen the excellency of its Virtue It sends forth a high Stalk set round with yellow Flowers 't is cold and moist in the second degree and Cures Fluxes of the Belly caus'd by Choleric Humours 't is an excellent Remedy for the Cough and allays the heat of the Breast it may be given either Green or dry'd and reduc'd to Powder and cures the Cough in Horses without any other Remedy V. Fenugreek call'd by Hippocrates Epiceras is a Seed commonly us'd for the Cure of the Diseases of Horses whom it also fattens 'T is almost Temperate it softens hard Swellings and expels Wind. Galen affirms that it cures Inflammations that are hard and not very hot by Digestion it provokes Sweating and Urine and makes a Horse void by the Nose the Humours that are lodg'd in the Wind-Pipe You must not be deceiv'd by the Smell which might inc●ine you to believe that it is of a hot Nature VI. The Juice of Liquorice is made of the Roots of that Plant which at present is very common in France 't is somewhat moist but temperate as to Heat or Cold. 'T is a specific Remedy for the Breast sweetens and allays the sharpness of Humours and helps Nature to expel ' em And to conclude it is an excellent Remedy for all Diseases of the Breast and Lungs VII Juniper is so well known that it does not stand in need of a description The Berries are indu'd with admirable Virtues they continue green two Years before they come to Maturity and are hot in the third Degree They provoke Urine are good for the Stomach and Breast resist Poyson and expel Wind. The efficacy of these Seeds can never be sufficiently prais'd and this Simple alone is worth a multitude of Drugs VIII Elecampane grows in sandy places the Leaf is of no use and the Root alone is commended by Physicians 't is hot in the third degree and of an Aromatic Smell it provokes Urine very powerfully resists Poyson helps the Cough is good for the Breast strengthens the Heart and cures spitting of Blood and the biting of Venemous Creatures IX Flower-de-luce grows plentifully in wet places but that which is brought from Florence is most effectual the Root is very odoriferous hot in the second degree comforts the Breast and consumes superfluous and excrementitious Moisture It purges watry Humours if a large quantity of it be given and its Smell chears and comforts the Brain It enters the Composition of Waters for the Eyes and it is an excellent internal Medicine for Horses X. Cardamoms are hot they chear and comfort the noble Parts strengthen the natural Heat expel Wind and promote the digestion of Aliments XI Gentian has its name from Gentius King of Sclavonia the Root is commended by all Authors Renodaeus says That 't is a famous Preservative against the Plague that it resists Putrefaction and is an Antidote against Poyson It comforts the Stomach kills Worms and is an excellent Remedy for the biting of Venemous Beasts XII The Birthworts round and long are dedicated to the Spleen they dispel Vapours resist Poyson and Putrefaction heat and dry up superfluous Moisture close and heal Ulcers in the Lungs and other internal Parts and asswage Pains in the Kidneys XIII Anniseed is one of the four great hot Seeds and according to Galen is hot and dry in the third degree 'T is a powerful Resolvent provokes Urine and expels Wind. Dioscorides in the Sixty second Chapter of his Third Book says That none of the Seeds that are usually eaten are more agreeable to the Stomach XIV Cummin-seed is hot and dry in the second degree 'T is a good Remedy for Griping of the Guts caus'd by Wind it dries up Milk and strengthens the Stomach 'T is prescrib'd to correct Purgative Medicines XV. Fennel is hot in the second degree it strengthens the Stomach discusses Wind dispels Vapours that cause the Head-ach and provokes Urine XVI Cinnamon is an odoriferous Bark very much in use and considerably hot 'T is endu'd with an admirable faculty to rejoice the Heart it helps Digestion and ripens tough and viscous Matter ' Twou'd be needless to trouble the Reader with a particular description of two Simples that are so generally known as Cinnamon and Nutmeg XVII Brimstone is a fat unctuous and inflammable Mineral found in the Bowels of the Earth either pure or mixt and sometimes separated by Art from certain Waters We call that Live Brimstone which is found in certain Mines where 't is Refin'd and afterwards brought to us in Rolls 'T is the Balsam of the Lungs a singular Remedy for the Cough and shortness of Breath and purifies the Blood 'T is a vulgar Error that 't is of a hot Nature because 't is easily Inflammable If you examine this Account of the Drugs that enter the Composition of the above-mention'd Powder you 'll find that they are all agreeable to the Stomach and that some of 'em attenuate thick Humours and assist Nature to expel what offends her You may make the Powder more durable by reducing it into the form of an Electuary Boil a sufficient quantity of Honey that is about six times the weight of the Powder to half the thickness of a Syrup then mix the Powder with the Honey while 't is moderately hot without setting it again upon the Fire The Dose is four Ounces in a Quart of Wine That you may proceed with more exactness in preparing the Electuary you may consult the description of that which follows in the next Chapter When the Matter is tough and clammy it sticks too fast and when 't is very thick it resists too long so that notwithstanding Nature's endeavours to expel it it sinks and falls down again by its own proper weight and especially if the Passages by which Nature usually throws it forth are obstructed And therefore if Nature be not assisted by a powerful Remedy such as this Powder the Disease will be of long continuance and at last degenerate to Pursiveness CHAP. CXXI An Electuary for a Cough caus'd by Preternatural Heat TAke Sal-Polychrest and ripe Juniper-Berries of each one Pound Roots of Marsh-Mallows and Elecampane and Juice of Liquorice of each half a Pound Zedoary and Sassafras of each four Ounces Speedwel dry'd two Ounces beat all the Ingredients severally to Powder then

take a sufficient quantity of the Leaves of Coltsfoot White-Mullein and Red Maiden-hair boil 'em in Water to four Quarts strain out the Liquor and add ten Pounds of Honey boiling 'em to half the thickness of a Syrup till two Quarts of the Decoction be consum'd and skimming all the while mix the Powders with the Honey while 't is half cold till they be well incorporated and reduc'd to an Electuary which must be set to ferment in a Pot for the space of twenty or thirty Days in Summer but in cold Weather the Fermentation will require a longer time and you must never use the Electuary till it be duly Fermented Electuaries and Confections are more effectual than Powders by reason of the Fermentation that Concentrates and afterwards exalts the Virtues of the Ingredients Avicen was certainly of this Opinion for he expresly affirms That the Virtue or Efficacy of a Medicine is doubl'd by Fermentation And besides a Remedy may be kept longer in this form without losing its Virtue 't is more easily swallow'd and sooner wrought upon by the natural Heat in the Stomach This Electuary does very powerfully allay the boiling and preternatural heat of the Stomach and therefore is an excellent Remedy for fiery and mettlesome Horses that pine away after hard Labour or violent Exercise even tho' they be not troubl'd with a Cough In this case you must take away their Oats feed 'em with hot Bran and give 'em a Dose of this Electuary once every Day for fifteen or twenty Days after which they will be in a thriving Condition For the satisfaction of the curious I shall in few Words explain the Nature of Fermentation It derives its Name from Fermentum or Leven which is a Contraction of Fervimentum from Fervere to be hot or to boil It may be thus defin'd Fermentation is a Motion by which in a Mixture of different Substances those that are most subtil agitate and dilate the rest We may see Examples of it in Dough in Wine and several other Substances Golden or Red Maiden-hair is one of the Ingredients of the Syrup call'd the Syrup of the Capillary Herbs Marsh-Mallow Roots are common at Paris but those who cannot procure 'em may take double the quantity of the dry'd Leaves of Coltsfoot The Dose is four Ounces for Coach-Horses infus'd all Night in three Pints of Beer and drunk luke-warm in the Morning The Horse must be kept Bridl'd two Hours before and as long after the Dose and in those Countries where there is no Beer to be had the Medicine may be Infus'd in an equal mixture of Wine and Water This Electuary is endu'd with all the Virtues of the above-mention'd Powder and besides allays the preternatural Heat that usually accompanies the Cough But if that Distemper be occasion'd by cold tough and flegmatic Humours you must not administer so cooling a Remedy and therefore if after the first and second Dose you perceive that his Hair begins to stare or that he forsakes his Meat or Shivers you must give him the Powder instead of the Electuary but if none of these signs appear persist in the use of the latter which will effectually cure the oldest and most inveterate Cough It happens not unfrequently that after seven or eight Doses of the Electuary the Horse begins to scour as if he had taken a purging Medicine but you must still continue to give him a Dose once a Day for it 's a sign that the Remedy operates effectually You must persist in the daily use of the Electuary till the Cough be perfectly cur'd 'T is a singular Remedy for those Horses whose Lungs are dry'd up by excessive Heat for it moistens the Part and restores it to its natural temper But since the Cure of this Distemper may be sometimes perform'd with less Charge and Trouble I shall propose some other Remedies Other Powders for a Cough Take Femugreek and ●●●wers of Brimstone of each an equal quantity and mix 'em with moisten'd Oats Brimstone alone may be given with Oats but the Flowers are better A Pound of Honey put into a Pail-full of Water and us'd for ordinary Drink is excellent for a Cough as I intimated before I have already describ'd a Cordial Powder for the Cure of this Distemper A small handful of Hemp-seed mixt with Oats and given to a fat and fleshy Horse cures the Cough if the use of it be long continu'd The same quantity of Hemp-seed may be beaten and infus'd in White-Wine all Night and both the Wine and the Seed given to the Horse in the Morning A Cough may be also cur'd by giving the Horse a handful of Juniper-Berries every Day for a considerable time Take the Wood and Leaves of Tamarisk either dry or green tho' the latter is best stamp 'em and give 'em to your Horse with moisten'd Oats or Bran beginning with a small quantity and augmenting the Dose every Day to a large Spoonful A Remedy for the Cough Take a Pound of newly churn'd Butter before 't is wash'd and a like quantity of Honey with two Ounces of Juniper-Berries beaten mix and make Pills rolling 'em up with Powder of Liquorice Give your Horse a Dose with a Pint or a Pint and half of White-Wine keeping him Bridl'd two Hours before and three Hours after Repeat the same two or three times interposing a Day or two between the Doses Another Remedy Take of clear Oil of Walnuts newly drawn one Pint common Honey a Pound and thirty Grains of White-Repper beaten Incorporate 'em all together and give the whole quantity to the Horse Repeat the Dose if there be occasion and the second will perfect the Cure Grate two or three Nutmegs and give 'em to your Horse with half a Pint of Brandy One Dose of this Remedy has often cur'd the Cough but if the Horse be old you must repeat it or prepare that which follows Take a small Porringer of dry Pigeon's-Dung beat it and infuse it all Night in a Quart of White-Wine in the Morning heat it till it begin to boil then strain out the Liquor add two Ounces of Juice of Liquorice and make your Horse drink it up Repeat the same thrice interposing one Day between the Doses after which the Cough will probably be cur'd The English Pills for an Old Cough An Inveterate Cough is one of the most stubborn Distempers incident to Horses I have already propos'd several Remedies that have been often but not always attended with Success The following Pills cur'd Horses that were troubl'd with this Distemper six Months and sometimes a whole Year after a fruitless Tryal of other Remedies Take Flower of Brimstone four Ounces Annis●eds beaten two Ounces Liquorice dry'd in the shade and beaten four Ounces Bay-Berries in fine Powder four Ounces brown Sugar-Candy six Ounces good Treacle four Ounces Oil-Olive eight Ounces Tarr two Ounces Beat 'em in a Mortar till they be well incorporated and mix 'em with four Eggs beaten in a Dish without the Shells

Skillet till it begin to thicken then add an Ounce and a half of Wormseed and about two Ounces of Aloes in Powder according to the Bigness of your Horse for you may give a Coach-Horse two Ounces and a half and if he be of a very large Size three Ounces Boil the Powders with the Honey till they be well incorporated and after the Mass is cold make it up into Pills anointing your Hands with Oil-Olive or of bitter Almonds if you can procure it keeping your Horse bridl'd six Hours before you give him the Pills and as long after The same Day give him a Clyster of two Quarts of Milk with a quarter of a Pound of Sugar and six Yolks of Eggs to entice the Worms to the Fundament Note That you must never mix any Oil or Fat with the Clysters that are given in this Case for they both drive away the Worms They who are loth to give themselves the Trouble of preparing these Pills may give their Horses one of the above-mention'd Purgatives especially that with Mercurius dulcis which will certainly answer their Expectation But I have often observ'd that these Pills have extirpated all the Worms out of a Horse's Body more effectually than any other Remedy whatsover The following Method is also of admirable Efficacy Boil three Quarts of Water in an Earthen Pot with half a Pound of running or crude Quick-silver and mix this Water with a Pailful of common Water for your Horse's ordinary Drink during the space of fifteen Days The same Mercury will serve all the while and remain as good after the fifteen Days are expir'd as it was at the first Boiling This Remedy was first propos'd by Van Helmont and I have seen it given to Children that were full of Worms for fifteen Days together with admirable Success 'T is not at all loathsome or troublesome to the Stomach for the Quick-silver changes neither the Colour Taste nor Smell of the Water I have seen an infinite Number of Cures perform'd by it and therefore I cou'd not forbear inserting it here for the Conveniency of the Poor who cannot make use of a cheaper Remedy Others put two or three Pounds of crude Quick-silver into the bottom of a Cask where they keep Water for the ordinary Drink of Horses that are troubl'd with Worms Another Remedy to kill Worms Give your Horse daily an Ounce of Filings of Steel which you may procure at very easie Rates from the Needle-Makers mixt with moisten'd Bran till he has eaten a whole Pound I will not here repeat what I have already said in order to explain the Reason why Steel destroys and expels Worms but it will not be improper to add that it opens all Obstructions in the Veins Arteries Intestins and especially in the Passages of the Lungs And 't is well known that if those Obstructions be neglected they may produce many dangerous and stubborn Distempers 'T is in my Opinion very convenient when Horses return from the Camp to put 'em into a Course of Steel observing the same Dose as before For it happens not unfrequently that they are troubl'd with Worms which hinder 'em from thriving tho' their Distemper by reason of the want of external Signs is generally unknown and consequently either neglected or ill cur'd But all these Inconveniencies may be prevented by the Use of Steel which is a cheap Remedy and safe in all Cases To secure and complete the Effect of the Steel you must afterwards purge your Horse for without Purgation you can never certainly promise the Cure of this Distemper A Powder that kills the Worms and expels the Matter of which they are generated Take Flowers of St. John's-Wort and lesser Centaury of each two Ounces Coral Seeds of Lettuce and Citrons and good Aloes of each half an Ounce Corallin Gentian Dittany Scammony prepar'd with the Vapours of Brimstone and Coloquintida of each one Dram Cinnamon and Coriander-seed of each an Ounce Cinnabar four Ounces Mix and make a Powder Give this Powder to your Horse in the Morning before you suffer him to eat The Dose is an Ounce and a half to large Horses and an Ounce to those of a smaller Size Afterwards inject a Clyster of Milk or Tripe-Broth to entice the Worms to the great Gut Repeat the Dose of this Powder seven or eight times either every Day or once in two Days Then purge your Horse and you may certainly expect a perfect Cure Another cheap Powder for the Worms Beat the Husks of green Walnuts and press out their Juice or after they are beaten infuse 'em in Water for the space of twenty four Hours pour the Juice or Water upon the Ground in moist cool and fat Places and immediately all the Worms that are under-ground will come forth Take a sufficient quantity of these Earth-Worms and put 'em into clean Water for they space of six Hours till they have vomited up all their Filth Then fill an Earthen Pot with 'em cover it close and set it in an Oven after the Bread is taken out till the Worms be so dry that they may be easily reduc'd to Powder You must give this Powder every Morning for seven or eight Days from one to two Ounces in a Quart of good Wine For there are some Horses who will not eat it with Bran or Oats tho' it wou'd doubtless produce the same Effect Since Purgation is so necessary for compleating the Cure I shall propose a Remedy that may be usefully given to a Fat Horse for all purging Medicines are hurtful to lean Horses Take good Treacle and Aloes of each an Ounce and a half Mercurius dulcis half an Ounce red Wine a Quart mix 'em carefully together and give the Medicine to your Horse This Remedy destroys all sorts of Worms and purges the Horse's Body of all manner of Impurities If you desire further Information on this Subject you may consult the Book entitl'd La Gloria del Cavallo del illustre Segnori Paschal Caracciollo where the Author treats with a great deal of Learning and Judgment of the Method of Curing all Distempers incident to Horses and Vegetius in his Treatise Artis Veterinariae sive Molomedicae Lib. 1. Cap. 44. has an excellent Discourse of the Cure of Horses besides several other Authors I have inserted nothing in this Chapter but what is grounded on my own Experience and I may venture to say without Vanity that you will hardly find a better Method any where else But since I cannot pretend to be Judge in my own Cause I thought fit to cite the best Authors who have handl'd this Subject that after a careful Perusal of 'em the Curious Reader may be enabl'd to judge of my Performance I have all along apply'd my self to the Study of Things rather than Words and as for those Admirers of a polish'd and florid Style I shall only beg Leave to put 'em in mind of the Sentence Magna pars Ignorantium ut ligno Naufragus verbis haeret