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Of Cures CbymrgicaL Lib. II. 



CHAP' XL VII. Of any galled Back or Withers y how great 



foe'ver the Swelling or Inflammation he, 

 V the Swelling^ Pinch, Wringing, or Gall, either upon the Wi- 

 thers or any part of the Back of a Horfe be extraordinary great, 

 and much inflamed, fothat there is no apparent hope that it can be 

 got away without much Apofthumarion j then the Cure, according 

 to the Opinion of the ancicnteft Farriers, is. To take Barm, and 

 mix it wich fo much Soot of a Chimney, and make it fo thick there- 

 with that it fh.all feem Hke Tar, and with that make a Piaifter, and 

 lay it lo the fore place, renewing ic twice a day, and it will very 

 fudJenly both draw and heal it pcrfeftly. 



Othtrs ufe to take a har,dful of Bay-Salt, and a handful of great 

 and fmallOatmeal, and put a quantity of old ftaie Urine thereto,, 

 and ftir them all together, and temper it like pap, or pafte, and then 

 make round balls thereof, then throw rhem in a Fire, and make them 

 red hot • then take them forth and beat them to hue Powder, and 

 then ftrow of that Powder all over the fore, fo oft as you fhall fee any 

 part thei-eof bare, and it will heal it. Other Farriers ufe if they fee 

 the fwclling to be any thing great, firft to draw round about the iwel- 

 iing wirh a hot Iron, and then crofs him with the 

 fame Iron,, in manner of this Figure: then take a 

 round hot Iron, having a fti^rp point, and thruft it 

 up into the fwelling on each fide upwards towards 

 the point of the Withers, or top of the Back, to 

 the intent that the Matter may iffue downwards at 

 both the holes ; that done, tent both the holes firft with a tent dipt in 

 Hogs-greafe to kill the Fire, and alfo anoint all the burnt places there- 

 wi:hv continuing fo to do until the fwelling be alfwaged, renewing the 

 tent every day once until the fiery matter be fallen away; then tent 

 him again with waflied Turpentine, mingled with the Yolks of three 

 or tour Egg5, and Saffron, renewing the Tent every day once until 

 it be v/hole. 



But if for all this the fwelling do not go away, then it is a fign of 

 fome inward Impolthumation, and then ic (liall be good that yoa lance 

 it, and let out the Corruption ; then take of Honey half a pint, of 

 Verdigreafe two ounces beaten to Powder, and mix it together with 

 Honey, then boil them in a Pot until they look red, then being luke- 

 vvarun, make either a Tent or a Piaifter, according as the Wound fhall 

 require, renewing the fame every day once until it be whole. But 

 the fore ma be fo vehement, that for want of looking, to in time, if 

 k be on the Withers, it wiU pierce downwards betwixt both the 

 ihoulders, even unto the Body^ which is moft dangerous and very 



mortal, 



