2 20 The Farrier J New Guide. Ch. LXV. 



There is a fmall Sinus under the Noll bone, where the 

 Matter is apt to lodge, unlefs Care be taken to keep the 

 Part firm with Bandage ; but inftead of that, the Farriers 

 generally ufe to thruft in a long Tent, which raifes the 

 Flefh, and opens a Way into the Sinus ; and by this means 

 an Ulcer is created where there needs be none j all there- 

 fore that is further neceflary on this Head, is to caution the 

 Pradlitioner againft fuch ill Methods ; and if the Tumor 

 has a very large Cavity within it, it is much better to lay it 

 fomewhat open, than to thruft foreign Subftances into it ; 

 and if it acquires an ulcerous Difpofition, it muft be treated 

 as fuch. But the Reader may have Recourfe to the 55 th 

 Ch'apter, as alfo to thofe Places where we have treated of 

 the Strangles, ^c, 



CHAR LXV, 



Of Hurts andBruifes in the Withers y &c. 



TjOrfes are very often hurt, or wrung in the Withers, 

 ^^ by the Biting of other Horfes, or unfit Saddles, efpe- 

 cially when the Bows are too wide, for by that Means they 

 bruife the Flefh againft the Spines of the fecond and third 

 Fertebra oHhQ B^ck, which form that Prominence which 

 rifes above their Shoulders. When the Swelling is mode- 

 rate, the ufual Method is to wafh the Part with Salt and 

 Water, or to apply Horfe-dung, or Salt and black Soap 

 mix'd together, which very often fucceeds ; any reftringent 

 Charge, as Bole and Vinegar, with Whites of Eggs, has 

 the fame EfFedl, tho' in a different Manner ; as alfo the 

 Whites of Eggs beat up into a Foam with a piece of Allum. 

 This is very-much commended. 



Sometimes the Hair is rubb'd off, and the Part becomes 

 gaird, in which Cafe nothing is preferable to the redify'd 

 Spirit of Wine, or Brandy, which ought to be ufed often, co- 

 vering the Part with a flaxen Cloth dipt in Bees- wax, and a 

 little Oil melted together to keep the Dirt from it, and defend 



T/ie Cure '^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^' ^^^ when the Bruife hap- 



pens to be violent, an Impofthumation may 

 "certainly be expedted, which muft be manag'd according to 

 the Dire6tions laid down in the Cure of the Strangles. And 

 asfoort as the Matter is difcharg'd, and the Swelling fallen, 

 fo that the Part can bear to be bound, a Strap may be fixed 

 to the Breaft-cloth, which may pafs between his Fore-legs, 

 and be faften'd to his Surfingle, which, in a great Meafure, 

 will anfwer the End of Bandage, by keeping the Parts firm- 



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