Lib. II. Oj Cicres Chyrurgkal, 163 



I have cured this Crick in the Neck only by bathing the Horfe*s 

 Neck in the Oil of Peter, or the Oil of Spike very hot» and then rol- 

 ling it all up in wet Hay or rotten Litter, and keeping the Horfe 

 exceeding warm, without ufing any burning, wounding, or other 

 Violence. 



CHAP. XXXIX. Of the Wens in the Neck. 



A Wen is a certain Bunch or Kernel on the Skin, like a Tumor or 

 Swelling ; the infide whereof is fometin-ies hard like a griftle 

 and fpongeous like a skin full of foft Warts ; and fometimes yellow like 

 unto kufty Bacon, with fonie white Grains amongft. Now of Wens 

 fome are great, and fomc be fmall^ alfo fome are very painful, and 

 fome not painful at all. They proceed, as fomc imagine, of naughty, 

 grofs, and flegmatick Humours, binding together in fome fick part of 

 the Body. And others fay, they proceed from taking of cold, or from 

 drinking of waters that be raoft extream cold ^ but I fay, that altho* 

 they may proceed from thefe Caufes, yet moft generally they proceed 

 from fome pinching, bruifmg, biting, ripping, or galling, either of 

 girths, halter, collar, or any other Thing whatfoever. 



The certaineft Cure thereof, is this. Take of Mallows, Sage and 

 red Nettles, of each one handful ; boil them in running Water, and 

 put thereto a little Butter, and Honey, and when the Herbs be foft 

 take them out, and all to bruife them, and put thereunto of Oil de Bay 

 two ounces, and of Hogs-greafe two ounces, and warm them toge- 

 ther over the fire, mixing them well together: that done, plaiftcr it 

 upon a piece of Leather, fo big as the Wen, and lay it to fo hot as 

 the Horfe can endure it, renewing it every day in fuch fore the (pace 

 of eight days, and if you perceive it will come to no Head, then 

 Launce it from the raidft of the Wen downward, fo deep, that the 

 matter in the bottom may be difcovered and let out ^ which done 

 heal it up with this Salve ; Take of Turpentine a quartern, and wafh 

 it nine Times in fair Water, then put thereunto the Yolk of an Eg^ 

 and a little Englifh Saffron beaten into Powder, and make a Tent or 

 Rowl of Flax, and dip it in that Ointment, and lay it to the fore 

 renewingthe fame every day once or twice, until the Wen be cured. 



Others ufe in this cafe, with a hot Iron to burn and fear away all 

 the fuperfluous flefli, and then to heal up the Sore either with the 

 Ointment laft rehearfed^ or elfe with the Powder of Honey and Lime 

 mixt together; and this manner of Cure is by much the fpeedier. 

 CHAP. XL. Of Swelling in the Neck after Blood-let'inr, 



TH E Swelling of a Horfe's Neck after BlooJ-letting, may^come 

 through divers Occafions, as namely, by ftriking through the 

 Veins, fo as fome of the Blood being gotten betwixt che fleOi and the 

 Vein, it there corrodeth and turneth to an Impolthume, or elfe by ftri- 



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