Chap.XCIII. Of Hoofs, &c: 25/ 



common Accidents that happen to the Feet, as Surbating^ 

 Foundring^ ^c, and oftentimes they are the Confequence 

 of a long continued Gourdinefs in the Legs and Palterns. 

 Their Seat is, for the moll part, at the Top or Side of the 

 Frufh ; but when they are fufFer'd to grow old, or are dry'd 

 up with ftrong Ointments, they take another Courfe, and 

 fpread to the Corner of the Heel. They are, as moft other 

 Excrefcences of that Kind, bred and nourifhed of the fame 

 Matter which fuftains and nourilhes the finewy and ner- 

 vous Parts, and are only to be cur'd by Extirpation. 



Therefore, if the Figs be on the Side of the Frufh, pare 

 away fo much of the Root as may give Room to reach the 

 Sore with a Fleam or Lancet, then cut the Soal about the 

 Figy and take them clean out, avoiding, as much as poP- 

 lible, to wound the large Blood- vellels. Let your firfl Dref- 

 fmg be made of dry Hurds to Hop the Bleeding ; and if it 

 requires a ftyptick Remedy, confult the sift Chapter; two 

 or three Days thereafter, remove your Drefling ; and if any 

 Part of the Excrefcence be left, you may deftroy it by ap- 

 plying Mgypiiacum fpread on Bolfters, or Pledgitsof Hurds, 

 mixing with every Ounce of the faid Ointment half a Dram 

 of Arfenick, or corrolive Sublimate, enlarging or diminifh- 

 ing the Quantity of the latter as you find your Horfe able 

 to bear it, or the Circumftances of the Sore may require ; 

 and then heal up the Sore with a good Digeftive, and fpiri- 

 tuous Applications, ^c. 



But if the Fig has its Infertion into the finewy or griftly 

 5ubftances in thofe parts, you muft take up the Soal ; and if 

 any part of the Griftle be corrupted, you may cut it off with 

 a Razor, or other (harp Inftrument. If the Bone be ulcera- 

 ted and carious, you may touch it with a hot Iron, and 

 then drefs it with Pledgits dipt in a Tindure of Myrrh, A- 

 loes and Frankincenfe, as has been direded in other Cafes of 

 the like Nature, and alfo with warm Turpentine, and Ho- 

 ney of Rofes, until the Bone is covered ; afterwards heal up 

 the Sore with fome good Digeftive. 



CHAP. XCIII. 

 Of Hoofs brittle, or too foft. 



^HESE two Extreams are equally prejudicial, as they 

 ^ are often the Caufe of a great many ill Accidents in 

 the Feet. The Softnefs of the Hoof may proceed from a 

 humid moift Conftitution, from going in wet and marfhy 

 Grounds, or ftanding conftanily on wet Litter, or from 



any 



