Gh. LXXXVII. OfFomdring in the Feet. 249 



If this Ulcer be not of a very old (landing, it may b^ 

 curM by the Application of ^gyptiacum, mixM with Bafh 

 licu?n, or Turpentine ; but if it be of fome Continuance, and 

 that probably the Matter has, by lodging between the Hoof 

 and Coffin-bone, rotted the Coffin-bone, or the Tendons of 

 the Mufcles that pafs between that Bone and the Hoof; you 

 muft, in that cafe, open the Tumor with a Razor, or other 

 (liarp Inftrument, cutting away all that is corrupted and 

 rotten, either under the Hoof, or any other part of the Foot ; 

 and to make Way for your Operation, you ought to rafp 

 down fome Part of the Hoof, li any Bits remam that you 

 cannot eafily come at with your Inftrument, you muft bring 

 them off by applying Doffils or Flax dipt m Mgyptiacum 

 made warm, which, for the moft part, will fuffice, laymg 

 over all Pledgits foak'd in hot Tar. But if you find fome 

 Difficulty in feparating that griftly Subftance, you may mix 

 equal parts of Myrrh, Aloes and Sublimate, all m fine Pow- 

 dlr, making it into a Pafte with a fufficient Quantity of 

 Spirit of Wine, and apply it to the remaining Griftle, laying 

 over it Pledgits foak'd in hot Tar, as above direded; and a^ 

 foon as it is freed from all the fuperfluous Subftances, and 

 looks clean, you may heal up the Ulcer with Tar, Turpen- 

 tine and Honey, waftiing it now and then with Copperas or 

 yitriol-waier. 



CHAP. LXXXVII. 

 Of Foimdring in the Feet. 



TH I S is an exceffive Pain in the Feet, whereby the 

 Hcrfe, being fcarcely able to touch the Ground, draws 

 himfelf in a Heap, upon which Account moft People have 

 conftantly been of Opinion, that a Horfe in this Condition 

 muft alfo be foundered in his Body, and his Greafe molten, 

 which immediately falling downwards, caufes that Lame- 

 nefs ; and therefore in their Cure, have made Application* 

 to the Back and Loins, as well as the Feet. But Mr. ^napey 

 in his Anatomy, has not only given the beft Account of this 

 Diftemper, but has alfo pointed forth the true Method of 

 Cure, which we (hall infert here for the Reader s Beneht 

 and Satisfaaion. In defcribing the Coffin-bone, he has the 

 following Words : , . . 



" Its Subftance is fungous or fpongy, having innumera- 



" ble little Holes piercing through its Sides, for the Paliage 



" of the Veflels, as alfo very fmall Sinus's, whereinto are 



*^ implanted the Ends of the Tendons of the Mufcles that 



^ " move 



