2(^2 ^he An of Farriery 



Kurds, ^c. And it is for old Wounds efpecially 

 that I have ordered the Soot to be mix'd with it as 

 Occafion offers. 



If fungous or proud Flefh happens to put forth, 

 which is very common, you may wa{h the fame 

 with the following Water as often as there is Ne- 

 cefiity for it. 



A Wa'.er Take Corrofinie Suhlimate, half an Ounce ; dif- 



totat folve iUin a Pint of jh'ong Lime-Water, ^hich is 



awv.y proud\^^,-// ^^^^.^ ^^ ^ Tello^v Colour. Keep this in a Bottle 

 ^^^^' with a Stopple made of ^^^j-^^^^ or Glafs. 



Wounds I fhall not make any needlefs Diftinftlon between 



fimple and fimple and complicated Wounds, the f rft bemg rec- 

 complicate. j^^Qj^.^ ^^^1^ ^ Divifion of the foft Parts without the 

 Conccmitancy of other Accidents, and the latter 

 where there is a Contufion or Bruifirg of the Flefh 

 r.t the fame Time the Wound is given, and fome- 

 times a Fradure or DlHoaition of the Bones, all 

 which Cicumftances only make the Wound longer, 

 or more difficult of Cure. Tho' if thofe Wounds 

 which lie deep, and v/here the Bones are hurt, be 

 drefs'd with Hurds dipp'd in rinaure of Myrrh or 

 Tivrture ofEuphcrbiiim at the Bottom, and the reft 

 of its Parts with the aforefaid Ointment, there is no 

 Danger but, in Time, they will do well 



1 muft here take Notice of Mr. Gihjo^i^ Miftake, 

 Page 194 ^^ ^^^ Book, where, after fpeakmg of 

 V/oundsoftheVifcera, he fays, " Wounds pene- 

 " tratincT the Subi^ance of the Bram are alfo mcu- 

 •** rable.'^becaufeofitsSoftnef?, the Multiplicity of 

 ^' its Veffels, and the Tendemefs of its Mem- 

 <* branes." ' . ■•* , 



Mr G'i.Vs Now it is univerfally agreed, that wounds upon 

 Muliike t^ie gj-ain of Animals are not always mortal ; tho , 

 ur'nkof if I remember right, our Countryman Mr. Wtfe- 

 S cB dn fnan fays, that the Patient may live till the wound.d 

 Lobe be walled away and coniumed, bnt cannct 

 jfurvive afterwards; Yet I have more than once 



been 



