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CHAP. XXXVIII. 



Of the D if cafes of the FEET. 



Of Narrow Heels, and Binding of th$ 



Hoof, ^c. 



THOUGH narrow heels in gene- Narrow 

 ral arife from a natural defedt, yet^eels often 

 they are often rendered incurable by t)ad f ^'^"^^^g^ 

 {hoeing-, for fome farriers hollow thej^g, 

 quarters fo deep and thin, that they may 

 be pinched in with the fingers, and think 

 by that method to widen them out by a 

 ilrong broad-webbed flioe; but this 

 turns them narrow above, wires their 

 heels, and dries, or rots the frog. The How they 

 bed way in all fuch cafes is not to hollow fl^ould be 

 the foot in fhoeing, and to pare nothing"^^"^S^^» 

 out, but what is rotten or foul, if the 

 foot be hard and dry, or inclined to be 

 rotten, bathe it often with chamber-lye, 

 or boil two pounds of linfeed bruifed in 

 two quarts of the fame, to the confidence 

 of a poultice, then add fix ounces of foft 

 green foap, and anoint the foot with it 

 every day, rubbing a little of it upon the 

 ible. 



Or, 



