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Fomentation of Sinews

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Source: The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... by Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750 (1726), narrative-offset-729827.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Sinews: a Cupful of Spirit of Wine camphorated, and with’ your Hand chafe his Legs very well, by which Means you may certainly prevent the Greafe, unlefs the Horfe lies under fome Debility, or other Indifpofition | of Body. ¢‘ Take Camomile, and the « Flowers thereof, of each two ‘ Handfuls, Bay-berries, and Ju- ¢ niper-berries, of each two Oun- © ces

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: If all the Ingredients cannot be had, you may take a proportionable Quantity of thofe you can get, and after you have. bathed the Horfe’s Legs very foundly, take a Cupful of Spirit of Wine camphorated, and with’ your Hand chafe his Legs very well, by which Means you may certainly prevent the Greafe, unlefs the Horfe lies under fome Debility, or other Indifpofition | of Body. ¢‘ Take Camomile, and the « Flowers thereof, of each two ‘ Handfuls, Bay-berries, and Ju- ¢ niper-berries, of each two Oun- © ces; boil them in three Quarts ‘ of Water.to two Quarts, and © before you remove it from the - ‘ Fire, add Anifeeds, fweat Fe- * nugreek - feeds, Cumin - feeds, © and Coriander - feeds, of each © an Ounce all bruifed. ‘This is called a carminative Fomentation, to expel Wind out of the Bowels; when it is ap- plied warm to the Region of the lower Belly ; but to Hor- fes, becaufe of the Hair, there (oan ought Set.11. Of FoMENTATIONS, &C. ought always to be two Parts of Spirit of Wine added, that it may foon dry in, otherwife if there be too much of the Water, it may ftrike a cold Damp to. his Belly, and do more harm than good. -It will yet be the better, if a fmal!

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  1. The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... — The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful coPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-729827.
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