To kill Bugs and worms in horsis [horses]

Title: To kill Bugs and worms in horsis [horses]
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy for de-worming horses using milk, honey, and salt water.
Transcript: Take of new Milk one Quart Honey half a pound, give the Horses this in a Morning, let him fast after it an Hour and a half, then give him a pint of strong brine, more or less, according [to] size and strength of your Horse, fasting after that, [text loss]other hour; repeat this three or four succes[text loss] mornings; this destroys them, & leaves no [appearance] but of their Skins, or shells, which are brought away with the excrement & this will kille worms of all sorts & sizes. HS
Subject: See all items with this value milk; See all items with this value honey; See all items with this value horses; See all items with this value salt (seasonings); See all items with this value parasites
Contributor: Caylor, Karmen; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Salahuddin, Shafiya
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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