Bruifo 071 the Withers, ^c. 273 



pinches of the faddle, and fhould be 

 treated with repcllers •, for this purpofe ^ ^"^^* 

 bathe the tumour well with hot vinegar 

 three or four times a day ; if that does 

 not fucceed alone, an ounce of oil of 

 vitriol may be put to a quart of vinegar, 

 or half an ounce of white vitriol diiTolved 

 in a little water, and added to the fame 

 quantity. Thefe are generally very ef- 

 fedtual repel'.ers for this purpofe in horfes, 

 and will frequently prevent impofthuma- 

 tion : when the fwelling is attended with 

 heat, fmarting, and little hot watery pim- 

 ples, the following mixture will then be 

 more proper to bathe with. 



TAKE two ounces of crude fal Am- a repel- 

 moniac, boiled in a quart of lime- ling wafb. 

 water; where that cannot be had, 

 a handful of pearl or wood-afhes 

 may be boiled in common water; 

 pour off the deco6lion when fettled, 

 and mix with it half a pint of fpiric 

 of wine : anoint the part afterwards 

 with linfeed oil, or elder ointment, 

 to foften and fmooth the fkin. 



But when thefe fwellings are critical, When cH- 

 the confequence of a fever fettled oh this ^'"1, how 

 part, you muft avoid the repelling me- '^^^^^^* 

 thod, and alTift in bringing the fwelling 



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