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But in fome Ulcers, a milder Medicine than Precipitate may 

 even be us'd, as the dulci^M or fweet Mercury, made into 

 Powder in the fame manner as the former, and it will anfwer 

 the End with equal Succels. As foon as they become clean 

 and fmooth at Bottom, and that they begin to fill up, they 

 need only be drefs'd with Honey mix'd with Spirit of Wine, 

 which will both cleanfe and heal them ; or to make the 

 Dreffingfit on the better, it may have Turpentine added to it. 



Thtfecond Intention^ Or the fupprefling and keeping down 

 proud and fungous Flefh,may be done by the ufeof all gentle 

 cauftick Medicines,as wafhing the Sores with blue, green, or 

 "white Vitriol- water, but the blue is the ftrongeft, and may 

 be made by putting an Ounce oi Roman Vitriol to a Pint of 

 fairWater,and letting it (land till it is all diflolved. The Way 

 of applying this is by dipping Flax into theSolution,and when 

 you have fqueez'd out the Moifture, apply it as dry as may be 

 to the Ulcers j and if Bandage can conveniently be apply*d o^ 

 ver them, it will reftrain the growth of proud flelh, unlefs the 

 Horfe be inwardly diforder'd, which muft be carefully look'd 

 into, that your Application may be fuited accordingly* 



If the proud Flefhrifes very faft, you may apply the Pow^ 

 der of blue Vitriol alone ; and if the Part will not admit of 

 Bandage, you are to fupply the Want of it as much as you 

 can, by applying dry Lint over the Powder to a pretty good 

 Thicknefs, and above that a Plaifter of Surgundy Pitch, or 

 fome other Plaifter that will ftick very faft ; and if you can 

 inclofe a thin Plate of Lead wrapt up in the Flax, it will be 

 Very convenient, becaufe the Weight and PrefTure upon the 

 Part, will contribute very much to this Intention.* 



There are many other Medicines of this kind that may be 

 nfed with good Succefs, as the Vitriol Water prefcrib'd for 

 Rheums in the Eyes; and likewife the blue Water, and the 

 Solution of the Lapis mirabilis out o^ Solleyjell^ or the Pow- 

 der of the faid Stone, all which may be feen in their proper 

 Places ; and many other things may likewife be met with in 

 the Books of the beft Farriers, which may be ufed in the like 

 cafe, which we have not room here to infert ; we (hall there- 

 fore proceed to the laft Intention which we mentioned in the 

 Cure of the Farcin, viz, by laying down a proper Method 

 whereby to deftroy all manner of Excrefcences, which have 

 either been occalion'd by ill Management, or have baffled 

 the common and ordinary means us'd to prevent them; and 

 herein we have undertaken a very hard and difficult Task. 



And fuch are thofe pieces of imperfect Flefh, which we 



have obferved to (hoot forth from the little Ulcers in v^- 



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