Lib. II, Of Cures Chynirgiccd, 199 



Alfo, if Morning and Evening-ycu rub the Splent with the Oil of 

 Origanuin, ir wiH take it- away, 



C H A'P. LXXIV. Of ths Screw, cr thorough Splent. 



ALthough div^ers of onr Farrieis do diftinguifh and make a Diffe- 

 rence betwixt a Screw and a Splent, faying^ that the Screw is 

 ever of the outfide of tlie Leg, as the Splent is of the infide ; yet it is 

 moft certain that the Difeafvj and Intirmiiy is all one, and may as well 

 be called a Splent on the ourllde of the Leg, as a Splent on the inlide 

 of the Leg, and this ^plent on the outfide is ever kaft dangerous. 

 Now a Horfe many times will have both thefe Splents at one Time, 

 and upon one Leg ; nay, i have fcen them fu juft oppofite one to ano- 

 ther, that one would have thought they had gone through the Morft's 

 Leg; whence it hnrh come to pafs, that many foolifli i-arriers being 

 of that mind, have inrirledthcjii a thorough Splent, and I havefeen my 

 felf fome well repurccl Fanicrs, thac having the Cure brought unto 

 them, have refufed theiV'irie, (aying^ ic was a thorough Splent, and 

 therefore mofl: incurable^ but the Opinion is moft abfurd and ridicu- 

 lous; for the Shin bone being hollow, and full of ri:hand Marrow, 

 there can nothing grow through i[, but it muft confound the Marrow^ 

 and then the Bone cannot hod, but muft prefentiy break in funder, 

 cfpecially when fuch a weak fpungy fubftance as a Splent, fhall pof- 

 fefs the whole ftrength of the Leg. Now for the Cure, as the Splent 

 and it are all one, ib they have all one Cure, and what helpeth the 

 firft, with more eafe helpeth the latter, inafmuch as ic is not full fo 

 dangerous, nor fo near 'the itiiin Sinews. 



CHAP. LXXV. Of the MallanJer. 

 A Mallander is a kind of a dry Scab, growing in the form of Lines 

 Jl\, or Streaks overthwart the very tough or inward bent of the 

 Knee, and hath hard Hair with ftubborn Roots, like Swines Briftles, 

 which corrupteth and cankereth the Flefli, like the Roots of a Child's 

 fcabbed Head ;.and if the Sore be great and deep, it will make the 

 Horfe go ftiff at his firft fetting forth, and hah much. It doth pro- 

 ceed either from the Corruprion of Blood, or from negligent keeping 

 when the Horfe wanteth clean drefling ; for you (liali know thst foma 

 Horfes naturally are given to have long hair from the top to the bought 

 of the Knee d<'wn to tiie Fetlock, and that Hair in the bouglir of 

 the Knee is oft apt to Curlj whereby thofe Horfes, if they be''noc. 

 very carefully and clean keptj arc much fubjed to thisDifeafe. ^*; 



Now for the Cure, according to the Opinion of the old Fari'iei^^ 

 it i. thus : Take a barreled Herring out of the Pickle with a foft row, and 

 two fpoonfuls of Ulack Soap^ and fo snuch Allom ; beat all thefe in a^ 



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