Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. II , 



Now for mine own Part, when none of thefe will remedy and help 

 (as all have failed me at fome time) then I have ufed this : Take two 

 fmall Whipcords, and with them garter him exceeding hard about 

 fome tea or twelve Inches above his Knees of his Fore- legs, and juft 

 beneath his Elbows, and then keep the nape of his Neck as cold as may 

 be, with moift CloathSj or wet Hay, and it will ftaunch him prefently. 



C H A P.- XXIX. Of the Bloody Rifti, or Chops in the Palate of 



the Horje's Mouth. 



THefe Chops, Clefts, or Rifts- in the Palate of the Horfe's Mouth, 

 do proceed (as fome Farriers fuppofe) from the eating of rough 

 Hay, full of Wins, Xhiftics, or other Prickling-ftuff, Provender full 

 of fliarp Seed, which by continual pricking and fretting the furrows 

 of the Mouth, do caufc them to rankle, fwell, and breed corrupt 

 Blood and {linking Matter, and without Ipeedy Prevention, that Ul- 

 cer will turn to the fouleft Canker. 



The Cure thereof is, (according to the Opinion of the ancient 

 Farriers,) to wa(h the lore Places very clean with Salt and Vitiegar 

 mix'd together, then to anoint it with Honey and Allom mix'd toge- 

 ther. Others Farriers ufe (efpecially if the Palate be much fwelled) 

 to puck the Roof of the Mouth with a hot Iron that the Humours 

 may iffue out abundantly, and then to anoint the Place with Honey 

 and Onions boiled together, till they be whole. 



CHAP- XXX. Of the Giggs or Bladders in a Horfes Mouth. 

 Hefe Giggs, Bladders, or Fiaps in a Horfe's Mouth, are little foft 

 Swellings, or rather Puftules wich black Beads, growing in the 

 infide of the Horfe's Lips, next under his great Jaw- Teeth ^ they will 

 Sometimes be as great as a Walnut, and are fo painful unto him, that 

 they make him let his Meat fall out of his Mouth, or at leaft keep it 

 in his Mouth unchawed, whereby the Horfe can in no wife profper ; 

 they do proceed either of eating too much Grafs, or naughty, rough, 

 pricking Hay or Provender, they are moft apparently to be felt : And 

 «be Cure is (according to the Opinion of the oldeft and mofl experi- 

 enc<^d Farriers) firft to draw out the Horfe's Tongue of the one fide of 

 ^is Mouth, and then take a Launcet and flit the Swellings the length of 

 a Date, and then with a probe pick out all the Kernels like Wheat- 

 Corns very clean : then take the Yolk of an Egg, and as much Sale 

 •as will temper it thick like leven : then make it into lictle Balls, and 

 thruft into every Hole, and fail not to do fo once a Day untill ic 

 ^e vv/hole. 



Other Farriers ufe, after they have flit them with an Incifion-Knife, 

 and thruft out the Corruptioii^ only to wafli ihe Sore Places either with 



Vinegar 



