^8 The Art of F A R R I E Tl Y 



Wounds : For thefe greafy Applications are very 

 pernicious, by reafon they occailon Fungous or proud 

 Flefh, and likewife foul the Bones, Tendons, ^c. 

 where the Wounds are deep ; therefore I would ad- 

 vife all Gentlemen to tofs fuch Compohtions out of 

 their Stables, as detrimental. Indeed there is fome 

 Butter ordered in my Farrier'' s Ointment, but the 

 Thing could not be made any way lower, or of an 

 eafier Kind than the black dtgejiiqje Ointment, 

 without it ; and befides, MayButter, when Cows 

 are at Grafs, partakes of a fine mundifying or cleanf- 

 ing Quality, far before Hogs-Lard, or fuch like. 

 And this I have many Times experienced to my 

 Satisfadion. 



Tents are alfo pernicious in moH Cafes, for they 

 occafion "Ca^ Fleih to grow callous, or hard and 

 horny ; and this is what is meant by the Wounds 

 growmg Fiftulous ; and till this Callofity or horny 

 Part be deilroyed by Knife, Fire, or corrofive 

 Powders,^ there is no fuch Thing as healing the 

 Wound, and on this Account it will difcharge a 

 naily, llinking, fanious Matter, while the Horfe 

 lives. 



Mr. Gihfon (in his Book of Farriery) is very tedi- 

 ous and prolix in treating about the Cure of the 

 Wound, when the Matter of the Strangles runs off; 

 but he might have faid as much to the Purpofe in a 

 few Words, 'viz. Keep the Horfe" s Body and efpe- 

 cially his Throat, ijuarm, and drefs the JVound HMith 

 fome good digefti<ve and tvarming Ointment, and 

 izpply a fojtcniyig Foultice thick and <'iX-arm O'ver all, 

 till fuch Time as the Glands or Kernels are fallen, 

 and the Humours difperfed : But this is not brought 

 about but with great Care and Patience : For in ail 

 the Swellings,- either in Human or Brute Creatures, 

 none arefo tedious and difiicult pf Refolution (or being 

 TT-.rr:ox-ir?<»f diffolvcd) ae Tumours or Swellings of the Glands, and 

 the Glands this by Reafon of the Coklnefs of tiieir Nature (if I 

 hard to be may be allowed the Kxpreffion ;) for the Blood, ^V. 

 difiolvcd, pj. nuhcr the juices^ iiiakeib How a Circuit in the 



Glands, 



