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154 Of Cures Chyrurgtcal. Lib. II. 



yea iliall make a Bolftcr of foft Cloth or Spunge^ and wet it with 

 Vinegar both within and without^ and fo'bind it on fail to the Sore; 

 and 'always when it waxes dry^ you niuft we: it again ; do thu6 twice 

 or thrice 3 Day, if in be done ottner it is better ; lb fhall you continue 

 for three or four D'^ys^ and then heal up as you heal an ordinary 

 Wound ; ihat is^ with Hogs-greafe and Turpentine molten together^ 

 or iuch like. There be other FanierSj which for the Canker on the 

 Body do cake an ounce of the Juice of the Root of Affedely, three 

 ounces of unfiackt Lime, two ounces of Orpiment, and Arfnick, put 

 this in an earthen VelTel clofe ftopt, and either boil or bake it in an Ovea 

 till it come to a Powder, then hrft wajQi the Sore with (Irong Vinsgar^ 

 and after f^rew this Powder thereon. Others 'ufe to take Garlick, and 

 beat it in a Mortar with Swines-greafe till it come to a Salve, and then 

 having waflit the Sore either with Vinegar, AUciTi-water, Copperas- 

 Water, or old Urine, anoint it once or twice a Day with it till it be 

 whole. Other Farriers take the Herb Mullain, andbruifeit, and mix 

 it with Salt and Verdigreafe, and drefs the Sore therewith Morning and 

 Evening for the fpace of three or four Days ; then ufe the fame Salve 

 again as long wichouc Verdigreafe ; then laitly ufe the Herb alone ; but 

 if at any time you fee it do begin to wax raw, then begin again, as is 

 aforefaid, and ever before you anoint, waih it firft with Vinegar and 

 Greafe mixt together. Others take Savin, Bay-Salt, and Rue, ftampt 

 with Barrows- greafe, and anoint the Sore therewith, and when the ill 

 Humours are kill'd (which you (hall know by the Whitenefs) then 

 heal it with Tar, Oil, and Honey mixt together. 



§> Laftly, (and which I hold the beft) take Vinegar, Ginger, and 

 Allom, and mix them together till they come to a Salve, and with it 

 anoint the Sore, and it will both kill the Poyfon, and heal the Ulcer, 



CHAP. CXXXII. Of the Fifiida. 



AFiftula is a deep, hollow, crooked, mattering Ulcer, and for 

 the moft part, commonly a great deal ftraiter at the Mouth 

 than at the bottom, being ingendred in fome Wound, Bruife, Sore or 

 Canker, not throughly healed- The Signs to know it are. The hol- 

 lownefs of the Sore defcending downward from the Orifice, and the 

 Thinnefs of the xMatter which ilTueth from the fame; befides, the 

 crookednefs which you fhall find in the Ulcer, when you fearch it. 



Xf" Now for the Cure, according to the Opinion of the Ancient 

 Farriers, it is thus: Firft fearch the bottom thereof, with a Goofe or 

 Swan's Quill, or with a fmall Rod well covered with a fine Linen 

 Cloth i and having found the bottom thereof, cut it fo large with a 

 Razor, that the Matter may have free Palfage downwards ^ but t,«kc 

 heed in Lancing it, that you Cut not any Matter Sinew, 05 main 



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