^lo The VhKTiitK's New Guide. Chap. LV. 



-^, - -. , And Fir ft ^ An Ulcer that is fuperficial, vs 

 cW Cure. ^^^^ dangerous than one that is deep, as it 



may, for the moft part, be cured by manual 

 Operation only, with the Afliftance of proper Applications: 

 Keither need I acquaint any one, that a fmall Ulcer is 

 more eafily manag'd than one that is large. But, Secondly^ 

 An Ulcer proceeding from a Malignity in the Blood, ^e. 

 whether it be large or fmall, fuperlicial or deep, is more 

 dangerous than one which is only degenerate, and not at- 

 tended with fuch bad Circumftanccs. And Thirdly^ As 

 a degenerate Ulcer may, by long Continuance, create an 

 evil Difpolnion in the Blood, by hurting the common and 

 ordinary Secretions, and inducing an ill Habit, it may 

 therefore be as dangerous and bad to cure as any ; and a 

 fuddcn and unjudicious Cure of fuch an Ulcer, is oftentimes 

 the Caufe of fome other Difeafe, Fourthly^ Ulcers that 

 are form'd of Abfceiles in the Hips, Loins, in the thick part 

 of the Shoulders under the Blade- bone, and in the Joints, 

 and have Communication with the Bones, as thefe lie out 

 of Reach, ihey are therefore very difficult and hard to be 

 cur*d ; and if the Cavities of futh abftrufe Ulcers be large, 

 they, will foon bring the Body of a Horfe into a Wafte. 

 Fifthly^ Ulcers in the dependent Parts, as thofe of the 

 Legs, are very obftinate, as they becom.e the Sink and Ehain 

 of all the Humours, but efpecially as the Matter proceeding 

 from the Tendons, ^c. creates a very ill Difpofition in 

 them. Laftly, All Ulcers in the Lungs, Kidneys, Liver, 

 and other mward Parts, generally prove mortal fooner or 

 later, according as they are fituated nearer, or at a Diitance 

 from the larger Veilels, and according to the other Circum- 

 Itances that may attend them. But we have already taken 

 fufticient Notice of thofe kind of Ulcers, where we have 

 treated of broken- winded and confumptive Cafes, and of 

 Hedick Fevers, ^c. having recommended for their Cure, 

 the ufe of cleanfing, healing, and balfamick Medicines in- 

 wardly, with a proper Regulation in the Feeding and Ex- 

 ercife. As to outward and fuperficial Ulcers, with their 

 different Accidents, they have been alfo fufficiently handled 

 in the Forty-eighth Chapter, bo^th as to Externals and Li- 

 ternals. The Ulcers of fome particular Parts have likewife 

 been taken notice of, as the Glanders, ^c. Thofe of the 

 Legs and Feet, and other dependent Parts, (hall be treated 

 of when we come to the Difeafes of thofe Parts. It remains 

 therefore that we put a Period to this Subjed, by laying 

 down fome Directions concerning the Cure of thofe Ulcers 



that 



