274 ^f ^ Fiftula and 



to matter, by means of fuppuratlng poul- 

 tices : experienced farriers advife, never 

 to open thefe tumours till they break of 

 themfelves : for if they are opened before 

 they are ripe, the whole fore will be 

 fpongy, and difcharge a bloody ichor, 

 which foon degenerates into a fordid 

 ulcer. But take care to enlarge the 

 openings, and pare away the lips, that 

 your dreflings may be applied eafily ; 

 and avoid the ligament which runs along 

 the neck to the withers: if a gathering 

 forms on the oppofite fide, open it in 

 the fame manner, but take care they in- 

 cline downwards, for the fake of depend- 

 ing orifices, and letting the matter flow 

 off eafily. For the method of drefllng, 

 we muft refer to the preceding chapter; 

 and if the bones fhould be found foul, 

 they muft be drefi^ed with tincture of 

 myrrh till they fcale off: if the fungus is 

 very troublefome, and the difcharge 

 oily, yellow and vifcid ; pledgets foaked 

 in the following, made hot, have been 

 found very effectual, bathing the fwell- 

 ing round with fpirits of wine and vi-. 

 negar. - 



A drying TAKE half an ounce of blue vitriol, 

 walh. diffolved in a pint of water : oii of 



turpentine, and redtified fpirit of 



wine, 



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