4-8 Of Cures Cbyrurgical^ Lib. II. 



fometimes it poceeds from evil iiumour- gati-i^red together in that plnce, 

 or eiie fome Stripe or Blow ^nren to the Horfe by fome rude Keeper, Car- 

 ter, or Man of little Difcicrion ^ for that Part being the vveakeft and 

 tendse^ about the Head^is the foonefi: offended and grieved with Sorances. 

 The fign of this Difeafe is an apparent fwelling between the Borfe's Ears, 

 and on each fide his Neck, whidi in continuance of Time, will break of 

 Its owii accord, yet doth ever rot more inwardly than outwardly, frqjn 

 whence it comes that thisDifeale is more commonly called of our common 

 and ignorant Farriers, the Fiftula in the Neck, than the Pole-Evil i, and 

 in truth it is an Ulcer fo hollon^ and fo crooked, and fo fall of fharp Mat- 

 ter like unto like, that it differeth very little from a Fiftula, and is of all 

 Impofthumes, except the Fiftula it felf, the hardeft to Cure : Therefore 

 I would wiih every careful Farrier to take this Cure in hand fo foon as is 

 poilible, that is to fay, before it break, if it may be. 



Kew for the general Cure f according to the Opinion of the ancient 

 Farriers) it is thus \ Firft, if it be not broken, ripen it with a Plaifter of 

 Hogs-greafe, laid unto it fo hot as may be, and make a Biggen for the 

 Pole of his Head to keep it from Cold, which Biggen ihould have two 

 holes open, fo as his Ears may ftand out, and renew the Plaifter every 

 Day once until that break, keeping the fore place as warm as may be; 

 and if that you fee it will not break fo foon as you would have it, then 

 look were it is fofteft, and moft fit to be opened, take a round hot Iron, 

 or a Copper Iron ('for that is the better) as big as a Man's little Finger, 

 and fharp at the point, made like an Arrow-head, and then about twa 

 Inches beneath the foft place, thruft it in a good deepnefs upwards fo as 

 the point of your Cauteriiing Iron may come out at the ripeft place, to 

 the intent tliat the Matter may defcend downward, and come out at 

 the nether hole, which fhould always be kept open : And therefore tent 

 it with a Tent of Flax dipt in Hog's-greafe warm, and lay alfo a Plaifter 

 of Hog's-greafe upon the fame, renewing it every Day once for the fpace 

 of four Days, which is done chiefly to kill the heat of the Fire : Then 

 at the four Days end, Take of Turpentine half a Pound, clean wafhed 

 in Kine fundry Waters, and after that throughly dried, by thrufting out 

 the Water with a Slice on the Difli's fide ! then put thereto two yolks of 

 Eggs, and a little Saffron, and mingle them well together : That done, 

 :iearch the depth of the Hole either with a Quill or a Probe, and make a 

 Tent of a piece of dry Spune never wet, fo long as it may near reach the 

 bottom, and fo big as it may fill the Wound, and anoint the Tent with 

 the aforefaid Ointment, and thruft it into the Wound either with that 

 Quill, or elfe by winding it up with your Finger and Thumb by little 

 and little until you have thruft it home, and then lay on the Plaifter of 

 Hog's-greafe made luke-warm, renewing it every Day once until it be 

 whole : But if the Swelling ceafe, then you need not ufe the Plaifter, but 



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