304 Of Sand- Cracks ma Quittors. 



every day with ipirit of wine, and drefs- 

 ing the fore wiih the precipitate me- 

 dicine. 



How But if the mal:ter forms itfelf a lodg- 



cured in ment under the hoof, there is no way 



particular ^^^ ^^^ come at the ulcer, but by taking 



ofxpart of the hoof j and if this be done 



artfully and well, the cure may be efFeded 



without danger. 



. When the matter happens to be lodged 

 near the quarter, the farrier is fometimes 

 obliged to take off the quarter of the 

 hoof, and the cure is then, for the mod 

 part, but palliative V for when the quarter 

 grows up, it leaves a pretty large feam, 

 which weakens the f:^ot •, this is what is 

 called a falfe quarter, and a horfe, with 

 this defed, feldom gets quite found. 



How I^ t^^ matter, by its confinement, has 



cured rotted the coffin-bone, which is of fo foft 

 wlien the ^nd fpongy a nature, that it foon be- 



bonei's af~ ^^"^^^'^ ^^^ 1^^ muft enlarge the opening, 

 ftded. cut away the rotten flefh, and apply the 

 adiual cautery, or hot iron pointed pyra- 

 midically, and drefs the bone with dof- 

 fils of lint, dipped in tindlure of myrrh, 

 and the wound with the green or pre- 

 cipitate ointment. When the fore is not 



enlarged 



