Book. 11. The Expert Farrier^. i j J 



irat, which muft be bound on with a bolfter and rowler of 

 linnen, and made fall with a needle and thread, and fo let it 

 remain untouched three whole days and nights, in which 

 time the uirfnkk^-viWX eat and corrode clean away the fpleen^ 

 then to kill the fire, anoint the place ( having firft taken off* 

 the rowler and bolfter, and waihed clean the forrance ) with 

 iwcet or frefli Butter molten eight or ten days after, and it 

 will be whole. "^^"^ With this 1 have done very many cures 

 of this kind. Another, 



Firft, anoint the place with ordinary foft walhing Sope, 

 then tye a red woollen cloth about the kgg juft upon thc/p/ewf, 

 that done heat a brick glowing hot, and lay it upon the cloth 

 againft the place where tht fplem is, and hold it fo clofe un- 

 to it a pretty fpace, then fo foon as you do take that away, 

 have another as hot in readinefs, and clap that too alfo, do- 

 ing as before, and fo a third, or fo many as fliali be needfiil, 

 till you do find that the filem is diflblvcd and taken away, 

 which commonly will be in applying two or three hot Bricks. 

 *:^* With this I have taken off very many fplmts. jim- 

 ther^ 



Firft wafh and (have ththair^ theni^oci^, rnh, 2ndprtck.it 

 with yowt blood fiaf Mtd flcAm : And after you have fo done, 

 rub and knock it again, then 



Take Vervine and Salt of each one handful, pound them 

 together to an Ungnent, and apply it to the place, and bind 

 it up with a rowler ftitched on fait with a Needle arid Thread, 

 and fo let it remain, four and twenty hours, and then un- 

 bind it, and it is cured without any mor€ to do. *^* This is 

 very good, uinether, 



Walh^nd (have as before, and rub and knock as before al- 

 fo, then with your Incifion-knife lay open the place a little, 

 then knock and rub again with a little Salt, then apply unto 

 it this Oyntment which the French do term a J^etoir^ : 



Take of Oyl-de-Bay four ounces, Cantharides, Euforbi- 

 «m, and Orpm, of each one ounce, all thefe being made 

 into fine powder, let them be well incorporated into the faid 

 Oyl, and wrought to an Unguent, lay of this to the fplent, 

 and bind it up with a Bolfter and Rowler, and few it up faft, 

 and let him ftand fo by the fpace of three hours upon the 



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