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Critical But if the fwelUng fixes under the 

 <hoal"i^e 3^^^' behind the ears, on the poll, 

 brought to withers, or in the groins and (heath, ^c, 

 matter. it fhould be encouraged and forwarded 

 by ripening poultices, wherever they can 

 be applied •, oatmeal boiled foft in milk, 

 to which a proper quantity of oil and 

 lard is added, may anfwer this purpofe ^ 

 or the poultice recommended in the chap- 

 ter of Strangles : thefe may be applied 

 twice a day till the matter is perceived 

 to flu6luate under the fingers, when it 

 ought to be let out ; for which purpofe 

 let the tumour be opened with a knife, or 

 ilrong launcet, the whole length of the 

 fwelling, if it can be done fafelyj for 

 nothing contributes fo much to a kind 

 healing, as the matter's having a free 

 difcharge, and the openings being bigi, 

 enough to drefs to the bottom. 



The fore Pledgets of tow fpread with black or 

 how dref- yellow bafilicon (or the wound oint- 

 f^<^* m.ent) and dipped in the fame, melted 



down with a fifth part of oil of turpentine, 

 fhould be applied to the bottom of the 

 fore, and filled up lightly with the fame, 

 without cramming \ it may be thus dref- 

 fed once or twice a day, if the difcharge 

 is great, till a proper digeftion is pro- 

 cured, 



