202 neVARRUR's New Guide. Chap. LI. 



J dexterous and But a very material Thing in the mana- 

 Jeafonahle Jp- gjng of all large Wounds, is a dexterous and 

 plication of the feafonable Application of the Drellings. A 

 m7£llun?he ^o^"^ ^hat is much infiamM, can bear no . 

 ^urelflVounds ^''^ Bandage until the Inflammation abates, 



which generally happens as foon as it comes 

 to matter plentifully ; after that. Bandage will be of the 

 greateft Service, and may be made tighter, as the wounded 

 Fart becomes able to endure it ^ but one Thing ought to be 

 carefully obferved, that all Wounds muft have Time to 

 digeft after the firft Dreffing two or three Days, according 

 to the Size thereof ; and when a Wound, or other Swel- . 

 ling happens near any Cavity, any fuch Cavity ought al- 

 ways to be filled with Hurds, or Bolfters of flaxen Cloth, 

 and kept there with Bandage. In this Refped the follow- 

 ing Inftance will be of Service. 



A ohr ^ Horfe was wounded with the Point of 



tim. '^^' a Fork on the outfide of the Hough, a little 



above the Joint, which being a tender fenfl- 

 ble Part, occafion'd violent Pain, accompany'd v/ith Lame- 

 nefs, and brought fuch a fudden Flux of Humours towards 

 the Joints, that all the Cavity on each Side and beneath 

 the Malter-finew v/as fwell'd to a prodigious Degree, and 

 in a fhort time fill'd with Matter ; and as foon as the Mat- 

 ter was prefs out of it, it always fiU'd again, which would 

 foon have corroded the Sinew. I advis'd the Farrier, after i 

 prefling out the Matter, to fill up the empty Space on each i 

 iide under the Sinews, with Hurds dipt in Spirit of Wine, 

 to keep the divided Skin togetlier, and prevent the Matter 

 from falling into it, which, with the Application of a 

 ilrengthening Charge round the Joint, and an eafy Ban- 

 dage, made a perfedt Cure in a few Days. 

 InternalWounds ^^ ^^^^ Continue with fome Obfervations 

 ho'vj to be ma- concerning inward Wounds, which in a great 

 Tiaged. meafiire depends on the right Regulation of 



a Horfe's Feeding j for when a Horfe is in- 

 wardly wounded, he ought to be rellrained from all fuch 

 Food as is any ways hard and binding, having nothing ^1- 

 lov/d him but fcalded Bran, and fometimes a little boil'd 

 Barley. His conllant Drink ought to be Barley-water, and 

 a: full a little 8al PrunelU^ or purify'd Nitre, diflolv'd in 

 it, as has been prefcrib'd in a fimple Fever. The following 

 Ballsmayalfo be given for three or four Days, \.o fecure 

 }iim from bleeding inv/ardly. 



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