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taking away of the Splent • bat if that will not ferve, then 

 with a hot Drawing-Iron to draw the Wind Gall in this fort • _ 



then to open the middle Lane with a Lancet, the length of a Bean 

 and thruft out the Jelly, then lay Pitch and Rozen molten together 

 upon it, and then a few Flocks, and that will take ic clean'away. 

 Other Farrierj ufe to take up the Mafter- Veins en the infide of his 

 Legs, and fuffer him only to bleed from below : Then having put up 

 the Vein, cover all his Leg over with a Piaifter of Wine-Lees and 

 Wheat- Flower mingled together, and Rowl it with a long Rowler; 

 drefs him in this fort once a Day till it be whole. 



Others ufe to open the Skin and put out the Jelly, then a fpocnful of 

 Oil de Bay, a fpoonful of Turpentine, a Pennyworth of Verdigreafe, 

 the White of an Egg, and a quarter of an ounce of Red Lead, boil 

 them together till it come to a Salve ; then lay it to the Wind-Gall, 

 and it will cure it ^ or elfe, after you have let out the Jelly, take Ro- 

 zen, Sheeps-Suet, and Brimftone, of each alike, and melt them to- 

 gether, and lay that upon the Wind-Gall, fo it be not too hot, and 

 it will cure it. Others take the Roots of Cummin, and beat them well 

 with a little Salt, and lay that to the W^ind-Gall ; or elfe anoint them 

 with the Juice of Onions or Leek-blades, and that will allay them, or 

 elfe Ground-Ivy and Wormwood with the Roots fod in Wine, and laid 

 to the Wind-Gall, will take them away. S> Others of our latter ex- 

 perienced Farriers, Take an ounce of white Wax, an ounce of Ro- 

 zen, two ounces of raw Honey, three ounces of Swines-greafe, two 

 ounces of Oil of the Yolks of Eggs, five ounces of Oil de Bay ^ mix 

 all thefe well together, and ftrain them ; then rub them into the Wind- 

 Gall, by holding a hot B.qr of Iron againft the Ointment and it will 

 take the Wind-Gall away. Now for the making of the Oil of the 

 Yolks of Eggs, it is thus : Firft, feethe the Eggs hard, and then ftamp 

 and feethe them in an Earthen Pot with a foft fire, and fo ftrain them. 

 Now this Medicine will not only heal the Wind-GalU but the Ring- 

 bone alfo ; it is very good for the abating of the Wind-Gall, and for 

 making the Medicine to work the better, to let the Horfe ftand in a 

 cold running Stream an Hour, Morning and Evening. The fcum of 

 the four Salts fod in Man's Urine, and laid to the Wind-Gall, will 

 take it away. 



There be others which take a pottle of Vinegar, a pound of Orpi- 

 ment, a quarter of a pound of Galls, and as much of the Herb Mul- 

 lein ftamped fmall ; mingle thefe well together, and put them into a 

 Pot, then every Day therewith bathe the Wind-Gall; and in three 

 Weeks it will dry them clean up ^ it will alfo take away a Curb, or 

 a Spaven, or a Ring-bone, if you take them at the Breeding, Other 

 Farriers take of Sevil-Oil and Brimftone, of each a like quantity, and 



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