iS6 ThelARRUK^s NewGuide^ Chap. L. 



to fetch a moderate Heat into the Part, for by that Means 

 the Sulphurs will penetrate through the Pores into the fmall 

 Canals and VelTels, with greater Certainty than when they 

 aredaub'd upon Places that are raw or incrufted. 



This is the true Method of curing the Mange ; or it may 

 be done by the Ufe of Mercurials apply*d in the fame Man- 

 ner, whereof we fhall alfo fubjoin two or three Forms. 



" Take of Quickfilver four Ounces, kill it in two Oun- 

 •' ces of Turpentine, then by Degrees add Hog's-lard or 

 *' Butter to the Quantity of half a Pound." Or this : 



*' Take Quickfilver two Ounces, kill it in the fame quan«- 

 ^ tity of Turpentine, adding an Ounce of red Precipitate 

 *' in fine Powder, with four Ounces of Lard or Butter. 



Some make a Mixture of Quickfilver and Brimftone, to- 

 gether with an Addition of Soot and Black Soap, which, in 

 iome moift and watery Cafes, may be of more particular 

 Service. Some ufe Arfenick, Quickfilver, and other burning 

 and cauftick Remedies : But thefe ought never to be med- 

 dled with, excepting in fome extraordinary degenerate Cir- 

 cumftances, and when there happens to be Excrefcences that 

 are dead and without Senfe, which can by no Means be 

 brought to yield to milder Methods ; but in an inveterate 

 Mange, it will be of the greateft Service to give your Horfe 

 the Antimonial or Cinnabar Balls ^ prefcrib'd in the preceed- 

 ing Chapter againfl the Farcin. 



CHAP. L. 

 Of Tumor Sy ImpofthumeSy and Abfcejfes, 



A Tum&r de- 'T'HERE can fcarcely be any one fo much 

 fi^^^' "■■ unacquainted with the common Terms, 



as not to underfland, that by a Tumor is meant the Eleva- 

 tion and rifing of fome Part of the animal Body into a pre- 

 ternatural Swelling ; in what Manner that comes to pafs, 

 has been in fome meafure fhewn in the 48th Chapter, where 

 we have taken Notice, that as often as the Blood, or their 

 Juices, happen to be very much obftru6led in the fmall 

 Veflels of any Part, that will be ftretched out beyond its 

 ufual Dimenfions, efpecially as there is a perpetual Influx 

 and Succeflion of the fame Fluid from behind ; to which 

 we (hall add, that thefe Obftrudions are caufed either by 

 the Quantity or Quality of the fame Fluid, whereby it 

 prefles and ftretches one Part more than another; or 



when 



