Book II. . The Expert Farrier. loi 



ned or hurt. The llgns to know it is, if the bone be out, 



you may fee it plainly, for bellies his halting, the bone diC- 



located will fo ftick out, as tli^t thp fcor/e can do no more ' 



than touch the ground with j^sVoe, till'itbe putjn again ^ 



and the way to put it in is tlius :, Firll tie down his head to 



the manger, then take a cord and faften it to the j?^/fr» of the 



Jl-ifle4 kg , ^nd draw his leg forwards , and fo the bone 



will cpme right by helping ip with youj: hand, which being ,' , 



ih, yb^r care then mufi; be to keep, jt io With your hand^ and ^^^^' 



then tie the Other end of the ' ^ord' to the R^k, To as he 



may not put back his/^j-, tb'diflbcate the bone any more for 



an hour or two after, till it be fetlcd and drefled. Wherefore 



let his Xefpe'r Hand by him all the time, left the /?or/e Ihould 



lie down, or be unruly,^ This done, take pitch which you 



muft have molten in 'a pot, in a read inefs, and with a clout 



u'pcm a ftick anoint theftifling three or four inches broad at 



theleaft, and ten inches long, and pfefently before the Pitch 



can cool have a fttofig piece of new Canvas cut fit for that 



.- purpofe, which being made very warm by afire, clap it up- 



I on the pl^ce fb neatly, that the bone cajinot go forth again. 



"This Plaiftei: 'mitft not lie towardsthe 7?^«iL and /©oVlang- 



\ ways, but crofs'-W^y's. upon the joynt^ asTt werC; about the 



thigh, otherwife It " cannot hold in the bom. . Having thus 



done, anoint the plailier on.the.outlide all oyer with the 



faid molten Pitch, and whilft itis warm clap'iiocks of the 



^or/e.f colour all ove):'the. oiitllde of the Canvas,, and let the 



^ Pldiit^f reMifl' 'bii, until it fall away qT it.|elf, and after that? 



.yoii may' aifpry-:fuch good;Ur^ueo$s7as yoii may, think to be 



.itiolt e'jcpedieht'for the'ipalady.'. '4^t if-ithe bone be not 



•li^put, then put in a ^renctd koml a little Beneath - the Hilling 



place ,:;and. let the Rowel rem^i]^ -in' fifteen days, turning it 



'\onoe every day; and atifVeeh d^y s epd ,raie it fortb^ apd heal 



""up the Orifice, Ukeasbefdrcjpu'hive.been taught. ^^*ThJs 



,;^ ipe|i^.g99d. , ,,Tiuw hooM 9b -d 



.,r ,^ u X SECT. 25. 5. 



,. .Hi^oph. VyJ^^ jeff^pdyjfmMhadfor a Herie thamtrpt^ 



bMmth the Stone ? .^^frp^ siu a^ i,oo3 ?.& 

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