23 2 The FarrierV New Guide. Ch.LXXVIL 



of the Joint It happens chiefly to draught Horfes, and 

 IS hardly curable by any other Means than Fire ; however 

 the Medicines direded in the preceeding Chapters ma- firft 

 be compiy'd with, or the Plaifter of Frogs, with four'times 

 the ufual quantity of Qiiickfilver, may be laid to the Curb 

 firft /having away the Hair, and renewing it once a Fort- 

 nigbi. This Plailler is fomewhat troublefome to make but 

 It may be had of any Apothecary when befpoke ; ;^nd I'daie 

 anfwer it will be of the greateft Service to remove all hard 

 bwellings on the Bones or Sinews, by difcufTino- them • 

 fometimes it has the EfFed of a fuppurative PlaiSer, and 

 \n\\ caufe an Impollhumation, which equally anfwers the 

 iLnd, as thefe Sort of Tumors often terminate that Way 

 with good Succefs. But they who will give themfelves the 

 Trouble to rriake it, may obferve the following Method, 

 which 1 have borrowed from one of the bell Judges in 



<rhe Mercurial ^^ " ^^^^ Frogs N^ 3. Earth-worms four 



flaijier. ^^ Ounces, Hogs lard one Pound, White- 



'* ^^^ne one Pint : -Boil till the watrv Parts 



- are evaporated ; ftrain the Lard, and put to it'^half a 

 Pound of Litharge, boiling it again with frePa Wine till 

 the whole be incorporated. I^hen put in Wax and Oil 



cc ^^,^.7^' ^f f .^h tu^ Ounces, Adders Fat an Ounce and 

 P I' ^,'^"'^^"^?P^^ ^^^ Ounce, Euphorbium in fine 

 Powder half an Ounce, with Qiiickiilver half a Pound, 

 firft mcorporated in a Mortar with two Ounces of I'ur! 

 pentine two Ounces of 0.1 of Spike, and half an Ounce 



- of hquid Storax : Make it into a Plailler, and keep it for 



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Of a Jar don. 

 ^HIS is a hard callous Tumor a little below the Bend'ng: 



cern.M K ^'"^T?" '^' ^^^^'^ ^ '' '' '' ^^^^ fcarcely dif 

 cernahle, but m Time caufes the Horf, to halt, and grows 



mu 1^. ^^^^^,5^ ^^'' ^''^M^^ too muc^on thei 

 lt\i • T n,' n"^'' ^">' ^" ^'^^ attempted by applvin- 

 SS^ri'lT^;;''^"'/^ aoovedireded; but /it'^iv^ 

 P4tinaie, u mullDs trca-d as a Bone-Jpavin, ^jfc. 



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