IMPROVED. 331 



fore I (hall fet down the due Proportion of Spirit 

 and Camphire fit for this Purpofe. 



7nke Spirit of Wine reilijied, four Ounces ; Ca?n~ Spirit of 

 fhire, fix Drahms. Mix. Wine cam- 



*^ •' phorated. 



By the continued Ufe of this three times a Day Crufh on ' 

 for a few Days, and removing the Caufe of the the Wi- 

 Complaint, n;iz. the PrelTure of the Saddle-Bow ^hers cured, 

 upon the Withers, I dare fay the Swelling will di- 

 fperfe ; but if it turn to Matter or grows foft and 

 fuzzy, then it mull be opened for fear of a Fiftula, 

 and cured with the green Ointment, iffc. p. 283. 



Every one has his Ncfrum or Secret for the Cure 

 of a crulVi'd Back -, fach as a cold Sod of Earth, Bole 

 Arynoniac, White Wine Vinegar^ and Whites of 

 Eggs, commonly called by Grooms the cold Charge , 

 or Salt and Black Soap, See. which any one may 

 try at Pleafure ; for, as I have fome time ago faid, 

 whatfoever is either potentially cold, or fo in its 

 ov/n Nature, mud be accounted a Repellent, and 

 proper, in fome Cafes, to apply to Tumours from 

 Heat and Inflammation ; nay even if you com.e to 

 a Dijhclout by Turns fqueez'd out of cold Spring- 

 Water and apply*d to the Part, it is as potent a Re- 

 pellent, in my Opinion, as moll others which bear 

 a more pompous Title. Yet by the ill Ufe of Re- 

 pellents, many and bad Confequences are brought 

 about: But for further Satisfa£lion I muft beg the 

 Reader will take the Trouble of turning back a few 

 Pages, and confider wJiat I have writ down under 

 the general Term. 



Warbles are fmall hard Tumours or Swellings Of War- 

 under the Saddling Part of a Horfe^s Back, occa- ^le-s and 

 fionMfrom the Heat of the Saddle in Travelling, ^t^^^r^^^' 

 and are cured by Bathing them often with the fol- 

 lowing fpirituous Mixture. 



^Take Spirit of Wine, t<wo Ounces ; Oil of Turpen- 

 tine ^ half an Ounce i Tin^ure of M^rrh- Aloes y t'wo 

 Drachms. Mix. 



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