14^ TPje Jrt of Farriery 



them to do fo rightly of the inward, unlefs, as I 

 have faid before, they will give themfelves the 

 Trouble ( or rather the Pleafure ) of iludying the 

 Anatomy thereof, which may be learn'd in half a 

 Day to Perfe6lion ; and then they would underftand, 

 %vhether the Dillemper lay within the Reach of out- 

 ward Application or no ; and if it did not, that the 

 Blood and Humours are then to be corredled by 

 Bleeding, Rowelling, Purging, i^c. and thereby 

 they might fave much Expence to themfelves, as 

 well as preferve the poor Creature from the torturing 

 Application of corrofive Powders, Eye-Waters, tlfc. 

 which ignorant Grooms and Farriers conftantly ap- 

 ply, having no other Notion of the Diftempers of 

 this Organ of the Body, than as if they were all 

 feated upon the outward Parts, fuch as the horny 

 Coat, i^c. and fo perfeftly deftroy a Horfe's Eyes, 

 which were, before fuch Perfon meddled with 

 them, curable : And therefore I infifl upon it, that 

 when the Difeafe is fituate outwardly or upon the 

 Outfide of the Globe of the Eye, nothing is more 

 proper or eflicacious than the Ointment for fore Eyes 

 before prefcribed ; nor need a Perfon ufe any Thin^ 

 elfe outwardly, provided he has Patience to wait the 

 necefTary and due Time for Cure, which may be 

 longer or fhorter, according to the Urgency of the 

 Symptoms : For as the Eye is a Part of the Body 

 conftantly imbued with Moifture, and of Neceffity 

 „ ^ , often moved, I fay, thefe two Things greatly re- 

 Jvldftiue ^'^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ Diftempers ; for nothing 

 and Motion hinders the uniting or healing of Wounds more 

 Mnder the than Moifture and Motion, as may be experimen- 

 healing or j^^| found by any who -have Cuts or Sores upon 

 Wounds. , V T • T • . c^ 



The Gyxiki t^^ Ey^2» L^P^' Joints, ^c. 



accoi:nt 47 There are about forty feven Diftempers reckon'd 

 Difteuiperi by the Greeks that affed human Eyes, but it is 

 otrht'Eyi.^.^^^j.j,g worth while to mention them in this Place, 

 Horfes do b^caufe Brute Creatures arc fubjeft only to a few of 

 not fquint, them ; and the Reafon why Horfes never have the 



