IMPROVED. i^i 



wliole be pretty cool, that tiie Powder may not by 

 its Weight fiiik to tlie Bottom of the Pot ; for if it 

 do, the Ointment will be too abiterfive when it 

 comes near the Bottom. 



This Ointment may {ervc as a general Wound- 

 Ointment for all Sores or Wounds in any Part of 

 . the Horfe's Body j for it will not eafily iuffer fun- 

 .gous, fpungy, or proud Flefh to grow, as is com- 

 .mon when Ointments have too much Oil or Greafe 

 in their Compofition : Yet if the Wound happen to 

 put forth proud Flefh, as is common to old Sores, 

 you may wafh it with a few Feathers tied together, 

 and dipt in the following Phagedenic Water. 



Take of nvhheSuhlzmafe inPo'n.vder, fyivo Drachms ; Water to 

 idiffolnje it in a Pint of Liine-Watery and it n.vill'^^''- away 

 turn of ayelldivijh Colour : Which keep in a Bottle ^^'^f^"^^ ^' 

 forVfe. Fkfli. 



The Lime- Water is prepared by pouring about a L[nie- 

 Quart of Water upon a Pound of quick or unflack'd J^'^''^^*' 

 Lime, and when it has flood all Night, decant the prepare it. 

 clear Water for Ufe. 



At the fame Time the Wound is drefs^d with the 

 Ointment, the remaining Hardnefs, if any, in the 

 Neck, may be anointed with the firft Ointment as 

 prefcribed for the Strangles, or elfe the Fox-Glove 

 Ointment, to diffolve it : For, if it is found, that 

 amongfl the Glands all the Corruption is not dif- 



. charged at once for want of Communication one 

 with another, fo that there often happens two or 



. three Gatherings one after another, let the Wound 

 be kept open as much as pofTible, not by the Ufe of 



. Tents, for they are moflly of j^ernicious Confequence, 

 for Reafons hereafter to be affign'd, but by Incifiofis 

 into all the fulHciently fiUuous or hollow Parts ; and 

 if the Dozels be thrufi pretty tightly into theWound, 

 it may be kept open 'till fuch Time as the olFend- 



:m^ Matter is difcharged. 



Before 



