1 86 . Of the FARCIN or FARCY. 



Or the following: 

 TAKE fpirits of wine redlified four 

 ounces, camphor half an ounce, 

 vinegar or verjuice fix ounces, white 

 vitriol difTolved in four ounces of 

 fpring water, one ounce , mix to- 

 gether. 



The farcy In the lower limbs the farcy lies, fomc- 

 liowdi(- times concealed for a great while, and 

 ed"fro'' ' niakes fo flow a progrefs, that it is often 

 thegreafe. mifti^kcn for greafe, or for a blow or 

 kick, and goes by the general appellation 

 of an humour fettled there. In order 

 to diftinguifh the one from the other, 

 we fliall obferve, that a kick or bruife 

 is generally attended with a fudden fwel- 

 ling, or a contufed wound, which for the 

 moft part digefts eafily: the greafe is al- 

 fo a fmooth fwelling that breaks cut above 

 the bending of the pafterns backwards; 

 but the farcy begins on the paftern joint 

 ufually with one bud, and runs upwards 

 like a knotty crab-tree. 



^^ Very fimple means has fometimes (lop- 



ncralme- P^d it, before it has begun to fpread; 

 thod of a poultice with bran and verjuice bound 

 core. round the part, and renewed once a day, 

 will often alone fucceed^ and if proud 



flefh 



