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confequently it requires to be properly di- 

 gefted in order to lay a good foundation 

 for healing. 



For this purpofe, after wafliing out Ho^v 

 any dirt or gravel with foap fuds, ^c, cared. 

 let the wound be digefted, by drefling 

 it with doflils of lint dipped in an ounce 

 of Venice turpentine, divided with the 

 yolk of an egg, to which half an ounce 

 of tindure of myrrh may be added ; 

 over this drefling I fhould advife the 

 turnep-poultice, or that with ftrong-beer 

 grounds and oatmeal, to be applied three 

 or four times, or oftener, till the digeftion 

 is procured, which is known by the figns 

 abovementioned, and then both thefe 

 dreflings may be changed for the pre- 

 cipitate medicines, or the lime-water mix- 

 ture ', obferving always to apply the dof- 

 fils carefully to the bottom to fill up the 

 fore with the fame even to the furface, 

 and to bind all on with a comprefs and 

 roller : and if any cavities appear, that 

 cannot conveniently be dreffed to the 

 bottom, they fhould always be laid open, 

 or no proper foundation for healing can 

 be obtained. The hoof alfo fhould be 

 kept fupple, or pared away, when the 

 growth of it interrupts this end, as fome- 

 times is the cafe* 



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