Lib. 11. Of Cures Chyrurgical. ly^ 



of it felf, and if it break, then to tent it with Mel-Rofatum, and 

 make him a Breech of Canvafe to keep it in^ renewing the Tent every 

 Day oncej until it be perfedly well. 



CHAP. LV. Oflncordingj or Burjling, or the Rupture hi Ho rfes. 



THis RupturSj as our old Farriers call it, this Incording or Burft- 

 nefs in Horfes, is, when the Rim or thin Film which holdeth 

 the Guts up in a Horfe's Body is broken, fo that the Guts fall down ei- 

 ther into the Cods of the Horfe* or into the Horfe's Flank, as I have 

 feen divers. Now this Burftnefs cometh either by fome flripe or 

 Blow of another Horfe, or elfe by fome drain in leaping over a 

 hedge or a ditch, or by teaching a Horfe to bound when he is too 

 young, or when a Horfe goreth himfelf upon fome Pole or Stake, or 

 by forcing a Horfe when he is full to run beyond his Screngch, or by 

 flopping a Horfe too fuddenly upon naughty and hollow Ground, 

 whereby the ftradling and flipping of his hinder Feet, may flretch or 

 tear the Rim» 



The Signs to know this Sorance before it be apparent to the eye, 

 are, The Horfe will forfake his Meat, and fland ihoaring or leaning 

 always on that fide he is hurt^ and on that fide if you fearch with 

 your hand betwixt the Stone and the Thigh, upward to the Body^ 

 and fomewhat above the Stone, you fliall find the Gut it feif big and 

 hard in the feeling, whereas on the other fide you lliall find no fuch 

 Thing. 



Now for the Cure, although for mine own part I both do and 

 fliall ever hold it uncureable, as long as a Horfe is a Beaft without 

 Reafon, yet for your Satisfadion, I will not flick to repeat what the 

 beft Farriers, and my felf have pradifed, inafmuch as it worketh 

 much good, though no abfolute Cure. 



The Cure then is. To bring the Horfe into fome Houfe or Place which 

 hath over-head a ftrong baulk or beam going overthwart, and ftrow 

 that Place thick with ftraw, then put on four ftrong Pafterns, with 

 four Rings on his Feet, and faften one end of a long Rope to one of 

 thofe Rings, then thred all the other Things wirh the loofe end of the 

 Rope, and fo draw all his four Feet together, and caft him on the ftraw ; 

 that done, caft the Rope over the baulk, and hoift the Horfe fo as he 

 may lie flat on his Back, with his Legs upward without flruglingj then 

 bathe his Stones well with warm Water and Butter molten together, 

 and the Stones being fomewhat warm and well mollified, raife them up 

 from the Body with both your hands, being clofed by the Fingers dole 

 together, and holding the Stones in your hands in fuch manner, work 

 down the Gut into the Body of the Horfe, by ftriking it downwaids, 

 continually with your two Thumbs, one labouring immediately after, 



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