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mild cafe ; but in dangerous and inveterate 

 ones, fuch as I have leen, would be a very 

 feeble and deceptious method, as I have al- 

 ready hinted ; and on a reference, I find Dr. ' 

 Bracken of the lame opinion. When the ab- 

 fcefs on the poll is opened, if there be mat- 

 ter on both fides, a depending orifice mud be 

 made in each. In the neceflary operations 

 with the knife, great care mufi: be taken that 

 the mufcles be not cut acrofs, and particularly 

 that the white Hne, cervical ligament, or as the 

 farriers call it, the fix-fax of the neck, be not 

 wounded ; and that the parts be preferved as 

 much as poffible from the air. Tie the horfe's 

 head high, by which the ligament of the neck 

 will be Oackened, and lefs expofed to danger, 

 as the finger may be introduced under it. It is 

 probable, that fome operators in thefe cafes, 

 may have been too free with the knife, but it is 

 equally true, that in foul and fiftulous ulcers, in 

 horfes, no cure can be expefted until the cor- 

 rupt or callous flefh (liall be extirpated, either 

 with the knife or fire ; and that at lafi; there 

 will be frequently fuch an overflow of greafy 

 and gluey matter as will blunt and render ufe- 

 lefs the mod potent corrofives, unlefs applied 

 fcalding hot. 



The Common Digestive for Ulcers. 

 Add to the general wound ointment fpirits of 

 turpentine, or a few drachms of maflic and 



myrrh, 



