Lib. II. 



Of Cures ChyrurgicaL 



ceedeth mott commonly from poverty and very hard keeping;, and 

 efpecially when a fat Horfe falleth away fuddenly upon any inward 

 Sickneft. The Cure (according ro the oldeft Farriers) is^ firit to draw 

 his Creft well, a full ftraws breadth deep on che concrary fide with a hot 

 Iron, the edge of which Iron would be half an Inch broad, and make 

 both your Beginning and Ending fomewhat beyond the Fall, fo as the 

 firft Draught may go all the way iiard upon the edge of the Mane, 

 clofe by the Roots of the fame, bearing your right Hand downward 

 -Hito the Neckward ; Then anfwer that with another draught beneath, 

 and fo far diftant from the firft, as the fall is broad, compaffing as it 

 were all the fall; but ftill on the contrary fide, and betwixt thofe two 

 draughts, right in the midft, draw a third draught ; then with an Iron 

 Button of almoft an Inch about, burn at each end a Hole, and alfo in 

 the fpaces betwixt the draughts, make di- 

 vers Holes diftant three fingers one from 

 another as this Figure doth plainly fhew 

 you. That done, to kill che Fire, anoint 

 it every Day once with frefh Butter for a 

 Week or more; then take of Mallows and 

 handful, boil them well in running Water, 



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of Sage, of each one 

 and wafh the burning 

 away till it be raw Flefii, and then dry it up with the Powder of. 

 Honey and Lime. 



Other Farriers ufe for this Infirmity, firft to caft the Horfe upon- 

 fome foft Dunghil, or other eafie Place, and with a Knife to cut away 

 the flefli on the hanging or under fide of the Creft, even from the 

 fore end thereof to the hinder end, fix Inches broad and two Inches 

 thick, or fomewhat more in the middle thereof where it is the thickeft, 

 then groping the Creft with your hands, to pare the thickeft part there- 

 of, till it come all to one thinnefs, then holding the Horfe ftill faft 

 bound, to cover all the place with great handfuls of Swines Dung 

 prepared for the purpofe, and hold it to the fore place an hour toge- 

 ther, until the blood be ftaunched ; Then let the Horfe arife, and 

 lead him into the Stable t>ing him in fuch fort, that he may neither 

 rub his Neck nor lie down ; then the next Morning take good ftore 

 of burnt Allom beaten to Powder, and ftrow it all over the. fore place, 

 and fo let him ftand for two days after, without any ftirring, left the 

 Wound fhould bleed again , then at the end of thefe two days you fhall 

 bathe the foros gently with a fine Linen- Cloth, dipt in warm Urine, and 

 then drying the fore again, throw more burnt Allom upon it, and af- 

 ter anoint all about the outfide of the Edges of the Sore with Un- 

 guentum Album Camphoratum, more than an Inch broad ; thus you 

 fliall drefs him every day once on that fids of the Greft which did fall ^ 

 then for the contrary fide you ihall draw hilMane thereon, and plat 



