2^4 Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. II, 



Board ; then mix it with Neats-Foot Oil, and make a Salve thereof ; 

 then rub the Sores until they bleed ; and then anoint them with the 

 Taid Salve, and rope his Legs, and keep them from wet. Others ufe 

 after they have walhed the Sore with old Stale, then to take a 

 quantity of flrong Muftard, Vinegar, Gray Soap, Barrows- Greafe, 

 and fome Quick-Silver ^ mix them together, and therewith anoint 

 the Sore. 



Id* Other Farriers take a quantity of unflacked Lime, half fo much 

 Black Soap, and fo much of ftrong Vinegar as (hall fuffice to make it 

 like an Ointment -, then the Hair being cut away, and the Sore wafii- 

 ed with Urine, lay to this Ointment, renewing it not the fpace of 

 two Days, and it will kill the Sorance ; then wafti the Place once or 

 twice with warm Wine i then after heal it with Turpentine and Hogs- 

 Greafe molten together ; and in no wife let the Horfe come in any 

 wet. Others ufe after they have wafhed the fore Place with Urine, 

 and dipt away the Hair, and made the Wound raw, to take Butter 

 and Tar, of each alike, and boiling them together, anoint all the fore 

 Place therewith every Day *tiU it be whole. 



Others take of Honey tmd Verdigreafe of each alike, and boil them 

 together until half be confumed, and then anoint the Sore therewith 

 once a day until it be whole. I> Others of our later Farriers ufe ei- 

 ther to fliave off the Hair, or fcald it off with Orpiment and unflacked 

 Lime boiled in ftrong Lye ; then wa(h it with warm Vinegar or White- 

 Wine, then when it is dry anoint it with this Ointment : 



Take of OrpiKient one ounce, of Verdigreafe three ounces, of Soot 

 five ounces, a little unflackM Lime, and of Honey one pound ; mingle 

 them all well together upon a foft Fire, and being made like an Oint- 

 ment, ufe it as aforefaid once a day to the fore; or elfe take Honey, 

 Soap, Verdigreafe, unflackMLime and Vinegar, and boil them with 

 Allom, Galls, and Mail, *till it come to a Plaifter, and then apply it 

 unto the fore ; or elfe boil Sallet^Oil, with a little Suet and Soap, then 

 skim it, and take it from the Fire, then add an ounce of Quick-fUver 

 diffolved, two ounces of Verdigreafe, three ounces of unflack'd Lime, 

 and one ©unce of white Wax ; when all thefe are well mixt together, 

 and made into a Salve, then apply it once a day unto the Sore, until 

 •it be whole. 



Other Farriers ufe, after they have fhaved the Place, to boil Vine- 

 gar and the skin of Lard or Bacon together ; apply that to theSore three 

 days together ; then take Lard, molten Lithargy, Maftick, Verdi- 

 greafe and Soot mingled together with Goats Milk, and lay it to, re- 

 newing it once a day until the Sore be healed. The fcraping of a 

 Pan s bottom, mixt with the inner Pills of Elder, are alfo good for the 

 Scratches j or new Man's Dung applied for five Days, and after anoint 



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