Chap. LXXXII. Of the Greafe. 239 



Charge, or Plaifter of Pitch, Diachylon, Dragons-blood, and 

 Bole, i^c. as has been directed in a preceeding Chapter. 



Sometimes the Strains in the Sinews of . . 

 the Legs and Pafterns, are occafioned by an Q.^r-reZh 

 Attaint^ or Over-reach ; we need not there- 

 fore bellow any other Place in treating of fuch Accidents, 

 but only take Notice, that when they are accompanied with 

 a Wound, they ought to be drefs'd according to the Direc- 

 tions w^e have already laid down for the Cure of Wounds, 

 avoiding, as much as poflible, all oily and cauftick Medicines, 

 excepting when fome preternatural Excrefcences require the 

 Ufe of the latter. 



The fame Manner of Treatment is alfo Ualter-cnjl. 

 requifite to a Horfe that is gall'd or wounded 

 by being ca>t in his Halter^ applying nothing but good clean 

 Digeftives of Tar, Turpentine^ and Honey ; and making ufe 

 of fpirituous Fomentations, with a good Quantity of Afties 

 boird in them, together with Bandage as foon as the Part is 

 able to bear it ; and by thefe the Horfe will be eafily cur'd, 

 if he be otherwife in good Cafe, without the Pain of corro- 

 five Applications, which only become necefTary after the Si- 

 news have been relaxed and rotted with greafy Ointments. 



CHAP. LXXXII. 



Of the Greafe falling into the Legs. 



'T^HE Diflemper that goes under this Denomination, is a 

 -*■ Swelling and Gourdinefs of the Legs, which frequently 

 happening to Horfes after a Journey, mofl People have 

 therefore believ'd their Greafe to be melted by hard Riding, 

 and fallen into their Legs ; and that which may have proba- 

 bly given Encouragement to this Opinion, is the Colour of 

 the Matter ifluing from the Chinks and Sores in thofe Parts 

 when they come to break, fomewhat refembling Greafe ; 

 as the Subftance of the Legs is nervous and fmewy, where- 

 by the Matter which comes from thence is different from 

 what is difcharg'd from the mufcular and Hefhy Parts, where 

 the Rednefs and Texture of the Blood gives it a different 

 Colour and Conliftency. 



It would be very little to our Purpofe to bellow any time 

 in confuting this ill-grounded Opinion, fmce the contrary 

 mull be manifell to thofe who have the leall Infight into 

 the Oeconomy and Structure of a Horfe ; we fhall there- 

 fore proceed to acquaint the Reader, that the Greafe has, 



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