"BOOK XI, a^d 'Expert Fmkr. 



Armoniack one ounce, Oil as much, Maftick three ounces, Se-. 

 wet as- much, and as much Swines greale ^ melt and mix all 

 thefe together, and lay it to the fwclling, and it will take it 

 away. 



Another Cure I found in an Old Manufcript, with which I 

 have cured many jHo>fay which i^H^^bg^gffUUfh /wp^l^^^vyhifii 

 is this : f^iz.. -^^ ""• ^.' '\r''r ^\,'■^'^'"''^^' 



T^kQ Tfirpenti»e of remc one ounce, arid ^(^tiavita three 

 fpoonfuls : beat them together in a Bladder, or fome other 

 convenient Vellel, until they come to a perfed lalve, then 

 • anoint the fore very well therewith, and heat it in with a hot 

 Brick, or a. hot Iron; and thu3 doing four or five times, it 

 >yill fet him upright. ^^^. This I have often tryed, and it is 

 ^ery good- 



SECT. 10. ji. 



pippoph. T i\ Jfirtt is thatyeu call a Neather Attaint f 

 V V V Hippofem. It is alfo an Over-reach fome- 



times, and fomctimes again it cometh by a Wrench, fome- 

 times by a Strain, fometimes by treading upon a fharp ftone or 

 ftub, and fometimes it cometh by a blow, and it is called pro* 

 perly a Neather Attaint-, by reafon it being commonly upon the . . 

 fore- leg, like as is the other ^ it is neverthelefs placed lower Neather 

 than the other is j for whereas the other is above the Fr?- 

 hck^Joim-, this is under it, for it is commonly up5n the Heel 

 or Frnji}^ or is it oft times vilible to the eye, hovvfbeverit may 

 be felt, as well by the heat and glowing which will be upon 

 the Heel-, as alfo by the foftnefs, for there will be a Bladder or 

 blilber of tifcous corrupt matter like to Jelly, whicji will grow 

 in the place ^ and befides it will make the Horfe to complain, 

 and it will beailp fomewhat fwelled. I have cured lundry 

 Horfes which have had this malady, and they have done well 

 again. The Cure is thus. 



Take a piece of filleting, and bind it above the ?afi em- joint ^ 

 a little good and hard, which will caufe the bliller or fwelling 

 the better to appear more vilible to the eye j make Incifion 

 with your Incifion Knife, and crufh out all the corrupt Jelly, 

 and congealed matter. Then heal.it up by jiv^ihin^ the fore 



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