1^0 Of Cures Chyrurgtcal, Lib II. 



may be bound with a Cord unto the foot of the Manger^ to keep 

 that Leg always while he ftandethin the Stable, mort forward than the 

 ctherj and at the nine days end take out the Pins, and anoinr the fore 

 place with a little Dialthea. ^r with Hog's-greafe, and then turn him 

 to Grafs. Other of our late Farriers ufe, Firft to lay good ftore of 

 flraw under the Horfe, and then put a pair of ftrong Pafterns on his 

 fore Legs, and another on his hinder ; then having thrown him upon 

 his Back, to hang him up by the Legs from the Ground, with two 

 Ropes drawn over fome Beam or Baulk, which will put the Bone into 

 its true place again : Then having let him down again fair and (bftly, 

 loofe the fore Paftern of the found Leg, and with a Cord, before you 

 let him rife, tie the fame Leg to die foot of the Manger, fofhort, as 

 in his rifing he fliall be forced to hold his Leg before him, for fear of 

 putting his Shoulder out of Joint, and let him ftand fo tied for the 

 ipace of three Days; and prefently when he is up, burn all the point 

 of the Shoulder with a hot Iron, drawing in Checquerwiie, a full Foot 

 fquare at the leaft, and let every ftroke be no more than an Inch di- 

 iiant one from another; and having burned him well, charge all thefe 

 1:)urned places, and all the reft of his ^houlder with Pitch, Rozen, and 

 Tar molten together, and laid on fomething hot with a Cloth tied to 

 a flick's end ; then clap Flocks of the colour of the Hcrfe upon it, 

 then Charge him again over the Flocks, and at threed??^ s end loofe his 

 Foot and put a pair of Pafterns upon his Feet, and let him neither lie 

 down nor ftir out of the Stable for the fpace of fifteen or twenty 

 days ; then you may lead him abroad, and fee whether he goes well 

 or no, and if he be not perfect, you may then give him as much more 

 leftj and that will recover him* 



CHAP, I.XIX- A General and certain Cure for any defperate and 

 curable Strain in the Shouldt^r, or any other hidden Tarts. 



TA K E a large earthen Veffel, and fill it full of the Herb of Arf- 

 mart and Brook-lime, equally mixt together, then put to them 

 .as much of the oldeft and ftrongeft Urine that can be got, as will 

 cover the Herbs all over, then cover the Pot clofe, and keep it in 

 fome fafe cool place. 



Now when you have occafion to ufe it, take an Earthen Pipkin, 

 and put thereinto both of the Urine and the Herbs, fo much as fliall hg 

 convenientfor the Grief, and boil it well, then if it be for a Shoulder- 

 ftryin, you fliall take an old Boot, and cut oflT the Foot, that you may 

 drawic over the Horfe's Foot, and above his Knee almoft to the Elbow 

 of his Shoulder, keeping the nether part of the Boot as clofe about his 

 Legs as may be, but the upper part wide and fpacious; into this Boot 

 thruft all your Mixture as hot as the Horfe canfuffer it, and lay it fall 



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