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Of the Yellows.

THe Physitians in a mans body do make two kindes of Jaundise: that is to say, the Yellow, pro∣ceeding of choler dispersed throughout the whole body, and dying the skin yellow; and the Black, proceeding of melancholy, dispersed likewise throughout the whole body, and making all the skin black. And as the yellow Jaundise cometh for the most part, either by obstruction or stop∣ping of the conduits belonging to the bladder of the gall, which (as I said before) is the receptacle of choler; or by some inflamation of the Liver, whereby the bloud is converted into choler, and so spreadeth throughout the body: even so the black Jaundise cometh by mean of some obstruction in the Liver-vein▪ that goeth to the Spleen, not suffering the Spleen to do his office, in receiving the dregs of the ••loud from the Liver, wherein they abound too much; or else for that the Spleen is already too full of dregs, and so sheddeth them back again into the veins. But as for the Black Jaundise▪ they have not been observed to be in Horses as in Men, by any of our ••arriers in these days

that I can learn. And yet the old Writers of Horse-leech-craft, do seem to make two kindes of Jaundise called of them Cholera, that is to say, the dry choler, and also the moist choler. The signes of the dry choler, as absyrtus saith, is great heat in the body, and costiyeness of the belly, whereof it is said to be dry. Moreover, the Horse will not covet to ly down, because he is so pained in his body, and his mouth will be hot and dry.

It cometh, as he saith, by obstruction of the conduit, whereby the choler should resort into the bladder of the gall, and by obstruction also of the urine vessels, so as he cannot stale. The cure ac∣cording to his experience, is to give him a Glyster made of Oyl, Water and Nitrum, and to give him no provender, before that you have raked his fundament, and to pour the decoction of Mal∣lows mingled with sweet Wine into his nostrils, and let his meat be grass, or else sweet Hay sprinkled with Nitre and Water; and he must rest from labour, and be often rubbed. Hierocles would have him to drink the decoction of wilde Coleworts sodden in Wine. Again of the moist choler of Jaun∣dise, these are the signes: The Horses eyes will look yellow, and his nostrils will open wide; his ears and his flancks will sweat, and his stale will be yellow and cholerick; and he will grone when he ly∣eth down; which disease the said Absyrtus was wont to heal, as he saith, by giving the Horse a drink made of Thyme and Cumin, of each like quantity stampt together, and mingled with Wine, Honey, and Water, and also by letting him bloud in the pasterns. This last disease seemeth to differ nothing at all from that which our Farriers call the Yellows. The signes whereof, according to Martin, be these: The Horse will be faint, and sweat as he standeth in the stable, and forsake his meat: and his eyes, and the inside of his lips and all his mouth within will be yellow. The cure whereof accord∣ing to him is in this sort: Let him bloud in the neck-vein, a good quantity, and then give him this drink: Take of white Wine, of Ale a quart, and put thereunto of Saffron, Turmerick, of each half an ounce, and the juyce that is wrung out of a handful of Celandine, and being luke-warm, give it the Horse to drink, and keep him warm the space of three or four days, giving him warm wa∣ter with a little Bran in it.