Lib. II. Of Ctcres ChyrurgicaL in\ 



morcalj therefore whenfoever you fhall fear any fuch hollownefsj you 

 fhall tenc the hole with the Salve laft mevitioned, and thruft after it a 

 good piece of dry ^punge^ as well to keep the hole open, as alfo to 

 fuck out the Corruption^ and this you fhall renew once a day until the 

 fore be whole, 



§CJ=* Others of our late Farriers ufe to take Butter, Vinegar, and 

 Bay-Saltj and melting them together, lay it to the fore warm until it 

 break, then ftrow upon it either Soot, or the Powder of Clay Wall, 

 but if it be much feftred, then take a pottle of Verjuice, two penny- 

 worth of green Copperas, and boil it unto a pint and a half: Then 

 wafh and learch the hollownefs therewith, then fill the hole with red 

 Lead, and fo let it remain three da5's untouched, then wafh it with 

 the fame water again, and fill the hole again with red Lead, and fo 

 every other Day wafh it with that Water, and lay red Lead thereon, 

 and it will heal the foreft Back whatfoever. Now all thefe Medicines 

 already rehearfed are fufficient enough for the healing of any gall'd back 

 whatfoever j yet forafmuch as divers Farriers hold divers Opinions, 

 and think what they know to be only beft approved, and inafmuch 

 as you fhall not be ignorant of any Man's Skill or Knowledge, which 

 beareth any ground of reafon in it; I will repeat you a Catalogue of 

 other Medicines, which alTuredly are all good in their kinds, and you 

 may ufe them as occafion Ihall be adminiftred. 



Firft then know. That the Powderof Briar- Leaves will dry and heal 

 up any galled Back. Alfo Rye- flower, the White of an Egg, Honey, 

 Barley ilraw burnt, and Soot, will dry up, and heal a fore Back : the . 

 Powder of Honey and unflackt Lime will skin any Gall ; the Powder 

 of wild Cucumbers dried in an Oven, will heal any Gall, provided the 

 Sore be firft wafht with Vinegar. Onions boiled in Water, and laid hot 

 toafwoln Horfe'sBack, will aiTwage the fwelling ; and the yolk of an 

 Egg, Salt, and Vinegar beaten together, willhealit when it is broken, 

 provided that you wafh the fore firft with Ale. wherein Rofemary hath 

 been fod. The Soot or Grime of a Brafs Pot, the Powder of the 

 bone of Crab^fifh, or the Powder of Oyfter fhells, any of thefe will 

 dry and skin a galled Back. 



Lallly, (and befides it, a Man needeth no more Medicines) for this 

 purpofe. Take Hay and boil it ftrong in Urine, and lay it to the fwel- 

 led place, and it will either afTwage it, or bring it to a Head, then 

 Lance it, andlet out the matter ; then flop the hole with Rozin, Wax, 

 and frefh Greafe molten together ; but if you find any drad fiefh to 

 grow within the fore, then eat it out with either Verdigreafe beaten to 

 Powder and ftrewed thereon, or elfe with Mercury calcined, called,, 

 of fomc Precipitate, being likewife ftrowed on the proud fiefti; and 

 when the proud flefh is gone, you may dry up the Sore only with the 



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