o^o Of Cures Chyrurgicd. Lib. II. 



thrice a day with Salc^ and that will open the Hoof. Others ufe only 

 to open the Horfe exceeding much at the Heels once a Week, a- J co 

 fliooe him with very wide open fhooes, and then for a Monctiorcwo 

 to draw him in fome Cart, that being forced to fet his Foot hard on the 

 Ground, he may thereby ftretch forth and widen his Hoof. Now to 

 prevent this Sorance, it is good to anoint his Hoofs with Neats-foot- 

 Oilj or Turpentine, and ftop them underneath with Cow-dung, 

 C H A P. CXVIII. Of the Runnings or Rettm Frufi, 



TH E Frufh, which of fome is called the Frog of the Foot, is the 

 tendereft part of the Hoof toward the heel, and is faihion'd 

 like a forked Arrow-head, being only that part of the foot which 

 Farriers cut forth when they fay they cut forth the foal of theHorfe's 

 foot. Now this Frufh breedeth many times a Rottennefs or Corrup- 

 tion proceeding of Humours, which come out of the Legs, by which 

 the Leg is kept clean from Wind-Galls, and aH other Humours or 

 Swellings, by means that the Humours have Paflage that way j not- 

 withftanding the mifchief of this Sorance is greater than the Benefit, 

 becaufe it maketh the Horfe's foot fo weak and tender, that he is not 

 able to tread upon any hard Ground, The Signs of the Sorance are, 

 the Horfe will halt much when he travelleth either upon loofe ftony 

 Ground, or upon ItifF dirty Ways, and goeth ever beft upon green 

 Swarth ; but above all, he halteth mdff when the PaiTage of the 

 Humour is flopped with any Gravel gathered into theFrufti, and not 

 being ftayed or flopped, it will continually run, and ftink fo extream- 

 ly, that a Man can hardly endure the fcent of it; befides in fome 

 places it will lookiaw. 



Now the Cure, according to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, 

 is thus : Firft, take off the Shooe, and pare away all the corrupt places 

 and make them raw, fo as you may fee the Water ilfue out of the raw 

 places ; then tack on the Shooe again, being firft made wide and large 

 enough; that done, take of Soot one handful, of Salt as much, bruife 

 them^vell together in a difh, and put thereto the Whites of three Eggs, 

 and temper them all together ; and with a litde Tow dipped therein 

 ilop all the Foot, and efpecially the Frufh, and Splent it in fo, as it 

 may not fall ouf, renewing it once a Day the fpace of feven Days, 

 and certainly it will cure him. Now during the Cure, the Horfe muft 

 reft, and come in no wet ; and at the feven days end leave flopping 

 him', and ride him abroad, and always when he comethin, let his fore 

 foot be clean waflied ; forthere is no greater Enemy unto the Sorance 

 than Gravel and Dirt. Others of our latter Farriers only take off the 

 Shooe, and pare him well, and keep the Sore clean both from Dirt 

 and his own Dung, by waftiing it three or four times a day with Urine, 

 and that only will cure him as well as any Medicine. 



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