Chap.lv. Of Ulcers. iti 



that are terniM cavernous and fiflulous, and likewife fuch 

 of them as are abftrufe, and form themfelves into feveral 

 Meanders and hidden Abfcelles among the Bones and flefliy 

 Interftices, tho* in the latter Circumftances we can give the 

 Praditioner but httle Hopes of Succefs, for the Reafons 

 already alledg'd ; yet fo long as i Horfe continues fcrvice- 

 able, the proper Means ought to be ufed. 



And therefore, wherher fuch an Ulcer proceed from an 

 old deep Woundj or any other Caufe, the chief thing to 

 be done, is now and then to inject proper Liquors into it, 

 forbearing the ufe of thofe things that are very corrolive ; 

 for albeit corrolive Applications are fometimes proper in 

 Ulcers that are fuperficial, and where the Efcar can be 

 brought off by the proper Dreffings, or the Help of an In- 

 ftrument, and where a frefh Growth of fuperfluous Matter 

 can be fupprefs'd by Bandage ; yet in the Cafe now before 

 us they are often hurtful, as all fuch Applications caufe 

 Accidents that ought to be remedied by Art, and ought 

 iherefofe to be within the Reach of the Artift ; for which 

 Caufe, the propereft Liquors to be injedled into all fuch 

 Ulcers, are Decodlions made of the Roots of Briony, Birth- 

 wort, Flower-de-luce, i^c. with a third Part of Spirit of 

 Wine ; or revflify'd Oil of Turpentine, common Honey, or 

 Honey of Rofes, may be alfo made ufe of in the fame In- 

 tention ; and when there is a Foulnefs in the Bones, which 

 may be known by theThinnefs, Oilinefs, and Stench of the 

 Matter ; in that Cafe, a Tindure drawn with Wine from 

 Myrrh, Aloes, Frankincenfe, Olibanum, Saffron, Cinn^^ 

 mon, and fuch like things, will make a very proper Injec- 

 tion to be ufed fometimes. To the Wound may be applied 

 Pledgits of Flax dipt in the fame Liquor, or fome good Di- 

 geftive, and over the Dreffmg a good flicking Plaiiter. 

 The Injedions fhould be always made warm ; and when 

 the Part can admit of firm Bandage, it will never fail tp 

 be of Service. 



But thofe Ulcers, which, upon Trial with the Probe, ^t". 

 are found to be within the Reach of an Operation, ought to 

 be laid open, avoiding, as much as pofTible, an Effufion of 

 Blood, by dividing the large Veffels, and the Inconvenien- 

 cies that may happen by cutting the nervous and fenfible 

 Parts : After Incilion, any fuch Ulcer is to be treated as a 

 frefh Wound, only that inllead of a Re-union, by clofing 

 the Sides again, they mufl be kept open with Doflils of 

 Flax dipt in Stiptick- water the firft Dreffing, and after- 

 warUs in fome good Digeftive, that Nature may fiil up 

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