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sist both of those remedies, you 

 may conclude the injury is a very 

 serious one, which notliing but time 

 can relieve, and the horse must be 

 turned out upon grass a sufficient 

 length of time for nature herself to 

 perform the great operation. 



STRANGLES, "a swelling un- 

 der the throat of a horse, between 

 the two jaw bones, which seems 

 not to differ very much from that 

 which in a human body is called 

 the quinsy. Its seat is not so much 

 upon the glands as on the muscles ; 

 and therefore it comes the more 

 readily to an imposthumation. 



" If file swelling has a tendency 

 forwards between the jaws, so that 

 the passages of the throat are not 

 in danger of being choked up by it, 

 the safest way is to ripen, and bring 

 it to a suppuration ; and for that 

 end anoint the part with ointment 

 of marsh ma*llows, covering them 

 npwarm. Or take oil of bays and 

 fresli butler, of each a like quan- 

 tity, ointment of marsh mallows 

 the weight of both : Or the poul- 

 tice recommended for the glanders 

 may be applied warm twice a day. 



After the swellings are ripe, and 

 that you perceive matter in them, 

 but that they do not break, which 

 perhaps may be hindered by the 

 thickness of the skin, you may open 

 them with a lancet ; but if they do 

 not ripen as you could wish, you 

 had better make use of a hot iron, 

 and sear the outside pretty deep. 

 But whether you open them by in- 

 cision, or by the iron, you must be 

 sure to make your operation in the 

 lowermost dependent part, that the 

 matter may more easilv run off. 

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While yon observe this method 

 your incision need be but small. 



"As soon as the matter is nearly 

 discharged, you may press out what 

 remains with your thumb. Then 

 make a dossil of tine flax, dip it in 

 warm basilicum, and introduce it 

 into the orifice, but not too far, nor 

 must it be continued above three 

 or four days in any common case : 

 For keeping the orifice too long 

 open will derive too great a quan- 

 tity of matter upon the parls, caus- 

 ing them to ulcerate, or to turn 

 fistulous. Therefore when the 

 running abates, only apply smooth 

 flat pledgets of lint, armed with the 

 same ointment, and above them 

 thick compresses of soft canvass, 

 in several doubles, to fill up the va- 

 cant place between the jaws, that 

 the divided parts may again be 

 united- If hard lumps remain after 

 the sores are healed up, they may 

 be removed by the following plas- 

 ter. Take diachylon and red lead'' 

 plaister, of each four ounces, pitch 

 two oujices ; dissolve them with a 

 suiHcient quantity of oil or lard. 

 Then take bole in fine powder an 

 ounce and an half, and stir into this 

 mixture, and make it to the consis- 

 tency of a plaister. This must be 

 spread on leather, or thin dowlas, 

 and after the hair has been clipped 

 of}' very close, it may be notched 

 and applied all under his chops, 

 where it is to lie as long as it will 

 stick on : And by the help of this 

 all the little liardnesses will be dis- 

 solved. 



" Sometimes this distemper is 

 cast ofl' chiefly by the nose : and 

 sometimes the discharge is inward, 

 about the roots of the tongue. In 



