2o6 The FarrierV Kew Guide. Chap. LIII. 



CHAP. Llir. 



Of a Gangrene and Mortification. 



A Gangrene is a fudden, violent, and exceflive Inflam- 

 -^ mation, with intolerable Pain, and is no other than a 

 beginning Mortification. 



tTL r >- The Caufe is fometimes from an ill Hablf 



■^ ' of Body ; but, for the moil Part, from a 

 Punflure or Wound in the tender fenfible Parts ; or when 

 Splints of Bones, or other fharp and pointed Matter, Hick 

 into the FleQi or Sinews ; and moreover the ill Manage- 

 ment of any large Wound whatfoever, may and often brings 

 on a Gangrene and Mortification. 



tTL c' As to the Signs, befidesthe fudden, violent, 



'^" ' and excefiive Pain, the Part looks of a deep 



red, inclinable to Purple ; whereas in a Mortification, there 

 being an abfolute Stop put to the Blood, the Part becomes 

 black, foft, perifh'd, and without Senfe. 

 ^, ^ The Cure, while it is yet a Gangrene, 



confiils chiefly in the Application of fpiritu- 

 ous things, as Spirit of Wine camphorated, ("^/^r. an Ounce 

 of Camphire to every Pint of the Spirits^ ufed alone, or 

 mixed with Spirit of Scurvy-grafs, or Spirit of Turpen- 

 tine ; a Fomentation made as follows, will alfo conduce 

 very much to the Removal of a Gangrene. 



" Take St. John's Wort and common W^ormwood, of 

 *' each two handfuls, Centaury and Camomile Flowers, of 

 *' each one handful, Biy-berries fix Ounce?, common 

 *' Alhes one Pound: Boil thefein fix Quarts of Water un- 

 *' til one half be confam'd ; and to the Itrained Decoftion 

 *' add Spirit of Wine camphorated one Quart." Bathe 

 the Wound or the gangreen'd Part with flannel or woollen 

 Cloths dipt in this Fomentation ; and after they are wrung 

 out, apply the Cloths almoft fcalding hot to the Part ; it 

 may be likewife wafh'd with the Fomentation, adding a 

 iixth part of the Spirit of Sal Armoniack at the Time of 

 ufing it. 



All Things that are proper to promote Sweat, are to be 

 taken inwardly, fuch as have been prefcrib'd to remove 

 Cheft- foundering, &c. But if, notwithftanding all thefe 

 Means the Gangrene does not yield, the Praditioner muft 

 with a Fleam or Lancet, fcarrify to the Quick, that the Part 

 may be brought to Suppuration, having in Readinels Horfe- 

 dung boiled in Ale or Wine, to be applied hot as a Poul- 

 tice ^ 



