Lib. II. Of Cures Chyrurgical. l6i 



the ancienteft Farriers, firft to rub all the outfide of the Horfe's Gums 

 Avich fine Chalk and ftrong Vinegar well mix'd together. 



Other ancient Farriers ufe after chey have fo waftied the Gums, to 

 ftrow upon them the Powder of Pomgranate Pills, and to cover the 

 Temples of the Head with the Plaifter of Pitch, Rozen, and Maftick, 

 molten together, as hath been before fufficiently declared. 



Now for the Cure of Wolfs-Teeth, or the Jaw Teeth (according 

 to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers) it is thus : Firft, Caul'e the 

 Horfe*s Head to be tied up high to fome Poft or Rafter, and hh Mouth 

 to be open'd with a Cord fo wide, that you may eafily fee every Part 

 thereof: Then take an Inftrument of Iron made in all the Points 

 like unto a Carpenter's Gouge, and with your left Hand fer the Edge 

 of the Tool at the Foot of the Wolfs Teeth on the outfide of the Jaw, 

 turning the hollow fide of the Tool downwards, hclding your Hand 

 lleadily, fo as the Tool may not flip nor fwerve from the afore faid 

 Teeth; then, having a Mallet in your right Hand, ftrike uponthcHead 

 of the Tool a good Stroke, wherewith you may loofen the Tooth and 

 make it bend inward, then ftraining the midft of your Tool upon the 

 Horfe*s nether Jaw, wrench the Tooth outward with the infide or 

 hollow fide of the Tool, and thruft it clean out of his Head ; which 

 done, ferve the other Wolfs Teeth on the other Side in like manner, 

 and then fill up the empty Holes with Salt finely brayed. 



Other ancient Farriers ufe, (and I have in mine Experience found 

 it the better Practice) only when the Horfe is either tied up or caft, 

 and his Mouth opened, to take a very fharp File, and to file the Woifs* 

 Teeth fo fmooth as is poflible, and then wafh his Mouth with a little 

 Allom-water. Now if the upper Jaw Teeth over-hang the nether 

 Jaw Teeth, and fo cut the Infide of the v:outhas is aforefaid, then 

 you fhall take your former Tool or Gouge, and witli your Mallet fti ike 

 and pare all thofe Teeth (hotter by little and little, by Degrees, ru.i- 

 ning along them even from the firlt unto thelaft, turning the hollow- 

 fide of your Tool towards the Teeth, by which Mea.s you fhall not 

 cut the infides of the Horfe*s Cheeks ; then with youi i .le, file them 

 all fmooth, without any raggednefs, and then wafh the Horfe's Mouth 

 with Vinegar and Salt. LalUy, if the Pain do proceed from the 

 Loofenefs of the Teeth^ then the Cure is, according to the Opinion 

 of the ancient Farriers, firft to caft the Horfe, and prick all his 

 Gums over with a Launcet, making them bleed well, then rub them 

 all over with Sage and Salt, and it will faften them again. 



Others ufe to let the Horfe bltod in the Vein under the Tail, next 

 the Rump, and then to rub all his Gums with Sage, and to give him 

 in his Provender, the tender crops of Black Briars ^ or elfe wafh all 

 his Mouth with Honey, Sage, and Salt beaten together^ and by no 



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