IMPROVED, 347 



_ When you ufe it, it ftiould be iliaked up, and a 

 little of it warm'd in a Pot, and tlie Sores wafh'd 

 with a Piece of Spunge or Rag. 



It is a Folly to imagine, that there is Danger in 

 drying up the Ulcers in the Pleeb of Horfes troubled 

 with the Greafe, which feemingly difcharge fo much 

 ftinking Matter. For it is the Lodgement of fuch 

 Matter amongil the Wounds and Hair of the Heels, 

 that makes it of fuch ofFenfive Savour. In like 

 manner the Sali'va difcharged in human Bodies du- 

 ring a Salivation fmells exceeding ftrong and often- 

 five ; but it is not the Sali'va or Spittle that naturally 

 fmeils fo, but the Breathy, which acquires fuch Taint, 

 as it paiTes over the numberlefs fmall Ulcers in the 

 Mouth, Throat, ^c. of fuch Perfons. And this is 

 eafily try'd, by impartially fm.elling to the difcharged 

 Sali'va, in a Place which the Patient's Breath can- 

 not have tainted. Neither is it, in the Cafe of de- 

 cayed and rotten Teeth, the Perfon's Breath that 

 ftinks, but the Teeth ; for only remove fuch Caufe, 

 and the Effeft will ceafe. Therefore there is not, 

 ftriftly fpeaking, any fuch Thing as a ftinking 

 Breath, unlefs fuch Perfon has an Ulcer of the Lungs, 

 which contaminates the very Air in Infpiration. 



Horfes are \ery fubjeft to the Scratches or kibedScra'-che?, 

 Heels, from travelling in deep fandy Lanes, or from Alulei, cr 

 a natural Gourdinefs of the Legs, but moitly for!^'^'-';! 

 want of Care in walhing and keeping them clean 

 after Exercife. 



The Scratches are fo painful a Diforder, that tiiey 

 wHl c?.ufe a Horfe to lofe his Appetite, and go ex- 

 ceeding lame and ftiff for fome Time alter fetting 

 out. 



The Cure is the faoie with that of the Greafe ; r];},^ Cure, 

 only if the- Scratches he dry, 'tis beft to ]:eep the 

 Heels foftcned and fupple with Curriers Dubbing 

 mrde cf Gil- arid Tallow ; for this will keep the 

 Hids fiom crack irig, and preferve it as well as.it 

 do€b Leather ; . and, it, is the only Thing to hinder 

 the Scratches, by ufmg it often before Exercife, and 

 (i.6 wafning^ 



