130 7he Jrt of Farriery 



ing lefTcned, Therefore, in my Thoughts, when 

 this Opei-ation is performed either upon Man 01^ 

 Brute, it fhould be done to the Purpofe, that is, to 

 take away as much Blood as the Violence of the 

 Symptoms require, and the Strength of the 'Creature 

 can well bear; tlio' indeed, I advife that the Blood 

 may be drawn away at feverai repeated Operations, 

 rather than all at once, for Reafons very well af- 

 figned by the ingenious Dr. Hales in his Haemoila- 

 tical Experiments, vol. 2d. As to Conferve of Red 

 Rofes, Vinegar, Bole-armenick, Whites of Eggs, 

 or fuch like outward Applications, there is not 

 much to be expected from them; fo that, the Horfe*s 

 Eye need only be bathed or waihed well with warm 

 Water and a large Spunge; or, for want of fo ufeful 

 a Thing about a Stable, a pretty large Piece of 

 Linnen-Rag may ferve the Turn. And for healing 

 any V/ound of the Eye, I dare fay the following 

 Ointment will be ferviceable, when the aforefaid 

 W-ater is not in Readinefs, provided the Owner of 

 the tlorfe be endow'd with a little Patience. 

 -An Oint- Take Ointment cf Tutty, one Ounce-, Honey of 



n.erit fnr RofeSy ttvo Drachms ; ivhite Vitriol calcined or 

 ^l ^I"/ V r ^«''«^> one Scruple ; mix thefe cold, and apply 'em. 

 ^ ^"^a little warmed with a Feather between the Eye- 

 Lids, Morn and Even for fome Time, and waih 

 his Eye at Noon with a little warmed blue- Milk 

 and a Spunge. 

 Pr.rgtng, Purging, Rowelling, Clyftering, iffc. are not of 



&c of no much fignificancy in the Cure of Wounds of the 

 Service in g^^. ^^^ ^^ j j^^ve juil now faid. Bleeding and the 

 Woimci<? of (Ointment, as before prefcribed, are (with Patience) 

 the Eye. fufRcient to effed it. 



I muft not dole this Chapter without taking 

 Notice of one Thing in Mr. Gihfons Book of Far- 

 riery, page 70. he fays, that *' when a Horfe's Eye 

 ♦' happens to burft fomewhat out of it's Socket, by 

 " the Violence cf a Blow or Wound llretching or 

 *' cutting the Mufcles, the firfl Thing is to reduce 

 ** it and put it carefully in it's Place, applying the 

 " Charge, ^r." Now 



