i«g Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. II. 



another^ until you perceive that fide of the Stone to be lb Imail as the 

 other ,• and fo having returned the Gut into his right place^ take a Lift;" 

 of two Fingers broad^ throughly anointed with frefh Butter, andtie^ 

 his Stones both together with the fame, fo ni^h the Body as may he, \ec 

 not over hard, but fo as you may piit yolir Finger between ; that done 

 take the Horfe quietly down, and lead him gently into the Stable,' 

 where he muft ftand warm, and not be ftirred for the fpace of three 

 Weeks ;■ but forget not the next day, after you have placed his Gut m 

 its true place, to unloofen the Lift and take it away, and as wtll at^ 

 that time, as every Day once or twice after, to caft a DIfh or two of ^ 

 cold Water upon his Cods, and that will make him to fiirink up his- 

 Stones, and thereby reftrain the Gut horn falling down^ and at the 

 three Weeks end, to make your Cure fo much the furer, it were not 

 ai-nifs to geld the Stone on that fide away, fo (hall he hardly be burften 

 again on that fide; and during the Cure^ let him not eat much, nor 

 drink much, and let his drink be always warm. 



C H A P. LVI. 0/ the Botch in the Groim of a Horfe, 



IT is the Opinion of the beft Horlleaches, that if a grofs Horfe 

 which is full of Humours, be fuddenly and violently laboured, that- 

 then the Humours will refort into the weakeft part, and there gather 

 together and breed a Botch, and efpecially in the hinder parts betwixt 

 the Thighs, not far from the Cods : The Signs are, The hinder Legs ' 

 will be all fwoln, efpecially from the Cambrels or Hoofs upward, and 

 if you feel with your hand, you fhall find a great knob or fwelling^ 

 and if it be round and hard, it will gather to a head. 



The Cure according to the general Practice, is, Firft to ripen it 

 with this Plaifter : Take of Wheat-flower, of Turpentine, and of 

 Honey of each a like quantity, ftirring it together to make a ftiff' 

 .Plaifter, and wich a Cloth lay it to the Sore, renewing it once every 

 day, until it break or wax foft ; and then Launce it, fo as the Mat- 

 ter may run downward, then Tent it with Turpentine and Hogs- 

 greafe molren together, renewing it every day once, until it be per^ 

 fedly whole. 



C FI. A P. LViL A mrfi artain arid affroved Cure for the Botch 



in the Groins y or any Im^ojihumation ^ 



A S foon as you perceive the fwelling to appear, lay upon it a Plai- 



l\ fter of Shooe-maker's Wax, fpread upon AIIom-Leather, and 



let it lie until the Sore grow foft; then open it with a Launcet, or let 



ic break of it felf ; vv^hen the filth is come out, wafh the Sore very well 



with ftrong Allom-water, then Tent ic with the Ointment called 



^gvptiacum till it he whole. 



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