Lib. II. Of Cures Chyrurgtcal. 20 1 



CHAP, LXXVI. Of an Up^er Attaint, or Over-reach upon the 

 Back Sinew ef the Fore- Leg , fomewhat above the Pafiern joint, 



THIS which we call an Upper Attaint, is nothing elfe but a pain- 

 ful Swelling of the Mafter Sinew, or Back Sinew of the Shank- 

 Bone, by reafon that the Horfe doth fometimes over- reach and ftrike 

 that Sinew with the Toe of his hinder Foot, and thereby caufeth the 

 Horfe to halt much. Now the Signs are, both the Swelling and the 

 Halting ; and the Care, according to fome of the old Farrier's, is, to 

 drefs the fore place with a Plaifter made of Wine-Lees and Wheat- 

 flower, laid hot to ; or elfe to take of Black Soap and Boars-greafe, 

 of each a like quantity, fcalding hot; make a Plaifter of Sear-Cloth 

 thereof, and clap it all about the fore place ; or elfe if the fwelling by 

 no Salve will diffolve, take a fine thin hot Drawing Iron, and draw 

 bis Leg all downward with the Hair in many fmall ftrikes from the one 

 end of the fwelling to the other, and make the ftrikes very thick toge- 

 ther, and Ibmewhat deep ; then anoint his burning for two or three 

 Days with Black Soap, and fo turn the Horfe to Grafs ; but if he will 

 not run at Grafs, then every Day give him fome moderate Exe^cife. 

 But this burning I fancy not much, for it is foul, and altho* it take 

 away the Swelling, yet the feams of the burning, when they are 

 cured, will keep the Member big, as if it were ftill fwelled. Now 

 ether of the ancient Farriers ufe hrilto wafh the Leg with warm Wa- 

 ter, then to fiiave off the Hair as far as the fwelling goeth, then to 

 fcarifie the fore place with the point of a Razor, that the Blood may 

 iflue forth ; then take of Cantharides and Euforbium of each half an 

 ounce, mingle them together with half a quartern of Soap, and with 

 a nice fpread fome of this Ointment over all the Sore, fuffering him to 

 reft there where you drefs him for one half Hour after, and then you 

 may carry him into the Stable, and there let him ftand without Lit- 

 ter^ and fo tied as he may not touch the fore with his Mouth ; and 

 then the next Day ufe him in the fame manner again ^ then the third 

 Day anoint the Place w^ith frefli Butter, continuing fo to do the fpace 

 of nine Days, and at the nine Days end make him this Bathe : Take of 

 Mallows three handfuls, a Rofe Cake, of Sage an handful, boil them 

 together in a fufficient quantity of Beer; and when the Mallows be 

 foft, put in half a Pound of Butter, and half a pint of Sallet-Oil ; 

 and then being fomewhat warm, wafh the fore Places therewith every 

 Day once till it be whole. Others ufe to cleave a Chicken or a Pigeon, 

 and to clap it hot to the Swelling, and it will abate it^ or elfe fake 

 Diakhea, Agrippa, and Oil, and mixing it together, lay it to the 

 fwelling. Others ufe to take of Frankincenfe, of Rozen, of Tar, of 

 Eufofbium, of Turpentine, and Fenugreek, of each a quarter of an 



D d ounce. 



