Lib. II. Of Cures ChyrurgicaL 1 1 3 



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<8^Cl5? Now for mine own part, I have ever found this Pra«5tice 

 the bed : 



Firft, With a broad Incle to bind the Hoof ftrait a little about the 

 Cod; then wich a fmooth hazle- Stick to beat, rub^ and chafe the 

 Curb ; then with a Fleam flrike it as deep as you can in two or three 

 Places of the Curb ; then thruft out the corrupt Blood ^ and after 

 upon the Point of your Knife^ put into every hole_, as deep as you can 

 thruft it, the quantity of two Barley- Corns of white Mercury, and 

 fo let the Horfe reft four and twenty hours after ^ then after, only 

 anoint the fore Place wich hot molten Butter till it be whole, once a 

 Day at the leaft. And likewife here underftandj that whatfoever 

 cureth the Splint or the Spaven, that cureth the Curb alio. 



CHAP. XC. Of the Vaim, 



TH E pains is a certain Ulcerous Scab growing in the Patterns of 

 a Horfe, betwixt the Fetlock and the Heel, full of fretting mat- 

 terifh Water, and cometh only for want of good rubbing and clean 

 dreffing, after the Horfe hath been journeyed in the Winter- ways, by 

 means whereof the Sand and Dirt remaining in the Hair, fretteth the 

 Skin and Flefli, and fo breaketh to a Scab j and therefore your Frl- 

 fons, and Flanders-Horfes and Mares, which are now fo much in ufe 

 with us for the Coach, are the fooneft troubled with this Difeafe, if 

 the Keeper be not much the more careful. The Signs hereof are, his 

 Leg will be fwoln and hot, the Scab will be palpable to be felt, and 

 the Water will iffue out of the Scab, which Water is fo hot and fret- 

 ting, that it will fcald off the Hair, and breed Scabs where it goeth. 

 The Cure, according to the ancient Farriers, is. Take of Turpentine, 

 Hogs-grcafe, Honey and Black Soap, of each a like quantity, and 

 having molten them upon a foft Fire, take it off, and put in a little 

 Bole-Armoniack, finely beaten into Powder; then work all thefe things 

 well together with a Stick in your right hand, and a Difh of Wheat- 

 flower by you, that with your left hand, you may put it in by a little 

 at once, till you have made it thick like an Ointment, or foft Salve; 

 then fpread it upon a Linen Cloth, as big as the Sore, having firft 

 cut away the hair, and made the Sore raw, apply to the Salve, and 

 drefs him thus once a Day until it be whole. 



This Medicine is well approved to cure all forts of Pains, Scratches, 

 mouldy heels, or any other skirvy Scalls whatfoever, that may breed 

 in Horfe's legs or heels, whether they come by means of evil Hu- 

 mours, or for lack of good dreffing or clean keeping, whether they 

 be mattry or filthy running Sores, or elfe dry Scabs, Othsjs of the 

 old Farriers ufe for this Sorance to take a Pine of red Wine- Lees, and 

 a handful of Wheat-bran, a Saucer fuU of Honey^ and half a pound of 



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