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and lay on the green salve and tow. If the above be not 

 dry enough, add two ounces more of white vitriol, and two 

 ounces of bole. These will make a salve by themselves : 

 and by these methods you may cure any disease of the With- 

 ers arising from external injuries. 



But tumors often arise in the Withers from internal causes, 

 such as the crisis of Fevers. When this happens, you must 

 not attempt to stop it, nor use any thing to put it back, for 

 by this means you would drive it more into the shoulder- 

 blades, and make it worse to cure ; but. on the contrary, do 

 every thing you can to assist Nature in bringing it forward. 

 You can not do better than lay on poultices twice a day till 

 it breaks, for reason tells us that it is better to do so than to 

 cut it ; but when it is broken, open the orifice with a knife, 

 that you may have more freedom in dressing it ; but "be care- 

 ful in using the knife, that you do not catch hold of the liga- 

 ment which turns along the neck to the Withers. Sometimes 

 it runs to the other side of the neck, under the Withers. The 

 cure is the same as before. Lay all the cavities open with 

 the knife, and do not cut across if you can avoid it. Then 

 take the following never-failing mixture to dress with : 



4 ounces of Crude Sal Ammoniac. 



2 ounces of Bole. 



8 ounces of Honey. 



2 ounces of Pearl Ashes. 



2 oimces of White Vitriol. 



1 pint of Vinegar. 



Boil all together, and apply it to the wound every day at 

 first, and afterwards every other day till well. 



Warbles, Girth-Galls, and Plushes from Saddles. 



These grievances are commonly known, and the following 

 mixture will effect a cure, take off the soreness, and leave the 

 skin kind. I may affirm that it is one of the best recipes yet 

 found out for the piu-pose : 



2 ounces of Extract of Lead 



^<j an oimce of White Copperas. 



2 ounces of Spirits of Wine. 



4 oimces of Soft Water. 



1 oimce of Spirits of Sal Ammoniac. 



Mix all together in a bottle, keep shaldng it up, and rub 

 the affected places well with it, aud put your saddles and 

 barfens on while the places are wet in order to prevent them 

 from infecting other horses. 



Sometimes horses have what are called Setfasts on their 

 backs. Rub them with a little mercurial ointment, in order 



