2154 Tf^^ Farrier V New Guide. Ch. XCIL 



the Parts fometimes with Vitriol- water, at leaft when you 

 perceive the Itching gone, pour melted Tar all over the 

 Frog, and keep the Foot clean from Dirt and Fitth. 



CHAP. XGL 



Of the Crown-fcab. 



^ HIS proceeds from a malignant fharp Matter ouzing 

 -*• thro* the Skin above the Cronet or Coronety which 

 frets off the Hair, and hardens into a white mealy Scab. 

 In fome Horfes it is accompanied with a Moifture, and 

 fends forth a ftinking Matter, like the Pains and Watry 

 Sores defcrib'd in the 84th Chapter. 



The Cure is, firll to fcrape off the Scabs gently, and af- 

 terwards wafh the Sores with Copperas or Vitriol- water ; 

 fome make ufe of Spirits of Wine, wherein Tobacco has 

 been infus'd, which often fucceeds ; others cure this Scab 

 by applying Soap and Salt ; but if it be of an old {landing, 

 and grown very obftinate, the following Plaifter will be of 

 great Ufe. 



" TakeRofin half a Pound, Pitch fix Ounces, Turpen- 

 *' tine four Ounces, Verdegreafe and Brimftone in fine 

 *' Powder, of each three Ounces : Melt the Pitch, Rofin, 

 *' and Turpentine, over a gentle Fire, and then ftir in your 

 *' Powders ; if it be too hard, you may foften it by adding 

 *' a little more Turpentine ; and if you incorporate a fmali 

 *' quantity of Quickfilver with it, it will be fo much the 

 *' mere effectual. This mult be fpread on Leather, and 

 *' applied to the Part, firit (having away the Hair, letting 

 *' it lie fo long as it will ftick. 



The fame may be applied to the Legs and Palterns, if the 

 Affedion fpreads above the Crofiet to thofe Parts, giving 

 your Horfe now and then a little Antimony among his 

 Oats until he be cured. But if by reafon of this Scab, the 

 Cronet become ulcerated, and fome Part of the Griftle be 

 infeded, as fometimes falls out, you are to extirpate all 

 that is ufelefs, and lieal up the Sore, as has been directed in 

 the Cure of Ulcers, ^c, 



CHAP. XCIL 

 OfFtgs. 



THESE are fpongy Excrefcences which moft common- 

 ly grow out on the Feet of fuch Horfes as are high and 

 hollow, with large flefliy Heels ; they are caufed by all the 



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