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ibmetimes alone cured farcy : and when grafs cannot 

 be had, the corn may be fpeared; that is, wetted till 

 it fprouts, as in malting. 



That kind of farcy that appears in the legs only, 

 fwelling them to an enormous fize, is to be cured only 

 by a free ufe of the internal medicines, united with 

 warm fomentations of flrong alum water. 



FISTULA. 



Fiftulous fores are fuch as have an external open- 

 ing, with a large furface under the fkin : if the finufes 

 are numerous, they are called by farriers pipes. Pole 

 evUis an inftance of bad fiftulous fore. Fijlulous wi' 

 thers is another. Quit for forms a third ; together with 

 feveral others. The cure in eflentials muil be the 

 fame. A depending orifice mull be gained ; that is, 

 an opening communicating with the ikin fhould be 

 made at the loweft part of the fiftula, that the matter 

 may run out freely. This may be done with a com- 

 mon pen-knife, or a lancet; but the befi; method is 

 by means of a long feton needle pafled from the na- 

 tural opening to the bottom of the wound, and fo 

 out through the fkin. But fometimes even thefe 

 means are not equal to the cure ; for the whole fur- 

 face has, in fome cafes, become fo difeafed, that no 

 healing will take place. In this cafe, the 



Mild Wash for Grease [page 24] may be 

 fyringed into the wound every day, which will bring 



