Lib. 11. Of Cures ChyrurgkaL 269 



CHAP. CLI. How to eat away any fuperfluous and dead Flejh, 



IF when your Horfe have any vVound, Ulcer, or other Sore^ you 

 fhall perceive that there growcch therein dead Flefh, which dead 

 Flelli you (hall know, partly by the infenfibihty thereof, and partly 

 in that it is a fpungy hollow, naughty Flefli, not fubftantial, asj;he 

 true Flefh is, and either of a blackifli, or an high red colour; then it 

 fliall be fit that you feek all means poffible how to confume and eat 

 away that fuperfluous and naughty Flefti, becaufe the Sore '■hat is peite- 

 red therewith, neither can nor will ever heal, till it be cltanfedof the 

 fame: Therefore, according to the Opinion of the moft ancient Far- 

 riers, the beft ineans to eatit awiy. is, To boil frelh Greafe and Ver- 

 digrcafe, of each a like quantity together, and either to rent orplai- 

 fter the Sere therewith, until the dead Flefh be confumed. 



Other Farriers take either the fcrapings of Hartfhorn, or Ox horn, 

 and mixing them with old Soap, drefs the Sore therewith, and it will 

 eat away dead Flefh. 



Oiher Farriers take Sfongia Marhay or Sea- Sponge, and therewith 

 drefs ttie Sore, and it will do the like. Other Farriers ufe the Powder 

 of Rifagallo, Rifagre, but it is a great deal too ftrong a fretter. 

 Others ufe Litharge, or Lime in Lee , but they are likewife very vi- 

 olent and ftrong eaters. 



Others ufe to take either white or black Elleborus, Ink, quick Sul* 

 phur, Orpiment, Litharge, Vitriol^ unllack'd Lime, Roch-Ailom, 

 Galls, Soot, or the Afhes of Avellan, of each half an ounce; and 

 they will confume dead Flefh : Likewife Quickfilver extint^, and Ver- 

 digreafe, of each an ounce, made into Powder, will do the like : 

 The Juice of Borrage, of bcabious, of Fumitory, and of a Dock, of 

 each half an ounce, a little old Oil and Vinegar; boil with a foft fire, 

 put to it Tar, and it will likewife eat away any dead Flefli. 



There be other Farriers which take Cantharides, Ox-dung and Vi- 

 negar, and mix them well together, and lay ic to the Sore, and it will 

 fetch away the dead Flefh. Others ufe firft to pounce the Sore with 

 a Razor, then anoint it with Greafe, and ftrew upon it a prerty 

 quantity of Orpiment. Other Farriers ufe, inftead of Rifagallo, to 

 take the Powder of Verdigreafe and Orpiment, of each an ounce ; 

 of unflackt Lime and Tartar, of each two ounces ; mix them together 

 and therewith drefs the Sore, after vou have wafhed it well with ftrong 

 Vinegar, ; and if you plcafe, you may add thereunto Vitriol and 

 Allom, for they are both Confumers of dead Flefh. Other Farriers 

 take the Powder of Tartar, and Man's Dung, burnt with Salt, and 

 then beaten into Powder, and ftrewed on the Sore ; or elfe take Salt, 

 unllack'd Lime, and Oifter-ftiells, and beat them in a Mortar with 

 ftrong Lee or old Urine, till it be like a Pafte ; then bake it in an 

 Oven, and after beat it to a Powder ; ftrew it on the Sore, and it 

 will eat away the dead Fkfii, Other 



