156 The Farrier'j New Guide. Ch. XLV. 



CHAP. XLV. 



Of the Colt-Evil, Shedding of the Seedy and 

 Mattering of the Tard. 



^beCohE'vil 'T' H E Colt-Evil is a continued StifFnefs 

 * ■*- in a Horfe's Yard, and is fo called, be- 

 caufe it is a Difeafe incident to Colts, and- is brought upon 

 them by having full Liberty w\\h Mares, while they are 

 not able to cover them ; but the Difeafe vi'hich generally 

 goes under that Denomination in this Kingdom, is no 

 other than a Swelling of the Sheath. 



It may be eafily cur'd in the Beginning, only by Bathing 

 the Sheath with fome warm Fomentation made of emol- 

 lient Herbs, b'^. as Mallows, Marfh-mallows, Wormwood, 

 Camomile, and the like, with the Mixture of Spirit of 

 Wine ; but if you find the Swelling pretty hard, and that 

 there are the Signs of Heat and Inflammation, he ought to 

 be both Bled andPurg'd, and his Yard ty'd up to his Belly, 

 making a Hole in the Bandage for the Paflage of his Water. 

 Sh dd' of '^^^ fhedding of the Seed, if a Horfe hap- 



^ud ^^^ P^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^y ^^^^ Difeafe, may be cafily 



known by a Weaknefsand Debility ; but that 

 which the Farriers bring under this Denomination, is but 

 fome Weaknefs of the Reins, occafion'd by a Strain or vio- 

 lent Exercife, or the Solution of a Cold, which is fome- 

 tinies followed by a Running at the Yard. 



But the Cure is the fame, whether it be Seed, or only 

 Matter from the Reins, and may be perform'd by once or 

 twice purging, and the Ufe of Turpentine Balls, as diredled 

 in the 43^ Chapter ; or the Ufe of thofe ilrengthening Me- 

 dicines we haveinferted in the preceeding Cliapter. 

 7,7,, . c Thematterinofof the Yard proceeds fome-? 



the Yard, ^^^^^ from the iharp frolly Air caufing an 



Ulceration, but chiefly when a Horfe has 

 hurt himfelf by being too eager in covering a Marc; for 

 as the Yard is of a loofe and fpongy Subftance, if it 

 therefore happens to be bruifed, it eafily becomes fore and 

 ulcerated; and when the Skin is only fretted off from any 

 Part of it, from thence does ifllie a conliderable Difcharge 

 of Fetid Stinking Matter, and may be of ill Confequence, 

 if due Care be not taken, tho* at firlt it may be cured by 

 Skeding only, and bathing the Part wiUi warm Spirit of 



Wine % 



