lastly, as to
the Food, he directs Drinks made with Barley or Wheat Flower or Bread,
like a _Ptisane_, fresh sweet Hay made in _May_ and macerated in fair
Water. In the mean time the Cattle must be kept in a warm Place, and
Cloath'd, daily shaking Fumigations in the Cow-Houses with Juniper
Berries, Galbanum, and the like. As to Prevention, he enjoyns Care in
cleaning the Stalls, and scraping the Crust off from the Wall; Care also
is to be taken of their Food, the Hay and Straw not spoil'd by Rain in the
Making; and he judges their Food ought to be but sparing: He likewise
recommends currying, with a Comb and Brush; with Setons under their Chin,
made with a hot Iron run through the Part, and kept open with a Rope put
through it.

After which we have the Receipt: Or the Ingredients of a Medicine for the
speedy Cure of that mortal Distemper amongst Cows; sent over from
_Holland_, where a like Distemper raged among the Black Cattel.

_Recipe Veronicae, Pulmonariae, Hyssopi, Scordii, ana M._ iv. _Rad.
Aristolohiae rotundae, Gentianae, Angelicae, Petasitidis, Tormentillae,
Carlinae, ana unc._ 12. _Bac. Lauri & Juniperi, ana unc._ 12. _Misc. fiat
Pulvis._

Bleed the Cow, and give her three or 4 Mornings successively, an Ounce of
this Powder, with a Horn, in warm Beer.

If the Cow continues Distemper'd, after the Omission 2 or 3 Days, repeat
the Medicine for 3 or 4 Days again.

I cannot help taking Notice likewise of the raging Distemper which was
among the Cows about _London_, _Anno_ 1714. It was so Violent and
Infectious, that if _one_ had it, all others that came within Scent of
her, or even eat where she Grazed, were surely infected; it seized their
Heads, and was attended with running at the Nose, and a very nauseous
Breath, which killed them in three or four Days. The Herdsmen would not
allow it to be the _Murrain_, nor could give any Account from whence it
did proceed, or could find out any Remedy against it; they only tell us
the unusual dry Summer, and the continued _East_-Winds, were the occasion
of it. This Distemper had been for two or three Years before it came to
us, in _Lombardy_, _Holland_, and _Hambrough_, to the Loss almost of all
their Cattle. The States of _Holland_ caused a Medicine to be published
for the Good of those who had their Cattle thus Distemper'd; but having
been try'd here, 'twould not Cure one in seven, but rather increased the
Infection by keeping the distemper'd Cattle longer alive (by