2nA Of Cures Chyrurgical. Lib II. 



fon •, and alio that in the old Traditions in Horle leach era fi affirm, that all 

 Fraftures above the Knee are incurable; and io defpairing, they ceafe to 

 make Practice. But they are mpch deceived ; for neither the Frafture 

 above the Knee, nor the Frafture below the Knee is more incurable in a 

 Horfe than in Man, if the Farrier can tell hov; to keep the Horle from 

 ftrugling, or tormenting the Member grieved. 



if therefore your Horfe have any Bone broken, v;hich is moft eafie to 

 be difcerned, by the deprivation of the ufe of that Member, and as eafie 

 to be felt, by the feparation of the Bones, and one part being higher than 

 the other, befides the roughnefs and inequality of the Place grieved ^ you 

 fhall then, for the Cure thereof, firlt take a ftrong double Canvas, which 

 fhall be as broad as from the Horfe's fore-lhouider, to the Flank; and 

 Ihall have another double Canvas, which fhall come from between the 

 Horle's fore-booths, up to the top of the Withers ^ where meeting with the 

 reft of the Canvas, and having exceeding flrong Loops, to which itrong 

 Ropes muft be fattened, you lliall by main force fling up the Horfe from 

 the Ground, fo as his Feet mjy no more but touch the Ground : And if it 

 be a fore Leg that is broken, then you fhall raife him a little higher before 

 than behind i if an hinder Leg, then a little higher behind than before, fo 

 that the Horfe may reft molt upon the Members molt found. When your 

 Horfe is thus flung, then you fhall put the Bones into the right Place 5 

 which done, wrap it clofe about with unwafhed Wool newly pulled from 

 the Sheep's back, binding it fait to the Leg with a fmooth Linen Roller, 

 Ibaked before in Oil and Vinegar mingled together, and look that your 

 Roller lie as fmooth and plain as may be-, and upon that again lay more 

 Wool dipped in Oil and Vinegar, and then fplent it with three broad, 

 fmooth and ftrong Splents, binding them fait at both ends with a Thong, 

 and in any cafe let the Horle's Legs be kept out very Itrait, the fpace of 

 forty Days, and let not the bones be loofened above thrice in twenty Days, 

 unlefs it Ihrink, and fo require to be new dreft and bound again •, but fail 

 not every Day once to pour on the fore place, thro' the Splents, Oil and 

 Vinegar mingled together: And at the forty Days end, if you perceive that 

 the broken place be fowdred together again with Ibme hard knob or 

 griftle, then loofe the Bonds, and eafe the Canvas, fo as the Horfe may- 

 tread more firmly upon his Fore foot; which when he doth, you fhall 

 loofen him altogether, and let him go up and down fair and gently, ufing 

 from henceforth to anoint the fore Place either with foft Giejfe,*or elfe 

 with oneof thefe Plailters, or Ointments; Take of Spima argotti o{ Vine- 

 gar, of each one pound, of Sallet Oil half a pound, of A.rmoniack, and of 

 Turpentine, of each three Ounces; of Wax, andof Rofin, of each two 

 ounces ^ of Bitumen, of Pitch, and of Verdigreafe, of each half a pound ; 

 boil the Vinegar, Oil, and Spmna argenti together, until it wax thick, then 

 put thereunto the Pitch, which being molten, take the pot from the Fire, 



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