from Nails, Gravel, ^c\ 309 



Figs are fpongy fwelllngs on the bottom Figs, 

 of horfes feet, generally on the fides of the '''^'^^^^^^ 

 frufh. Thefe, or any other kind of ex- f^7m,\'c. 

 crefcences, fuch as warts, corns, grapes, 

 i£c. are beft removed by the knife-, and 

 if any part of them be left behind, or 

 fhould flioot up afrefh, touch them with 

 the cauftick, or oil of vitriol, aad drefs 

 with i^gyptiacum ; to which may be add- 

 ed, when they are very rebellious, a 

 fmall quantity of fublimate : when the 

 roots are quite deflroyed, you may incarn 

 with the precipitate medicines, and dry 

 up the fore with the foilov/ing. 



TAKE of white vitriol, allum, and A drying 

 galls in powder, of each two ounces ;^^»^^- 

 diflblve them by boiling a little in 

 two quarts of lime-water, and keep 

 in a bottle for ufe, which fliould be 

 fhook when ufed, 



Thefe drying kind of medicines areSomepro- 

 feldom ufed to advantage before the knife; F^. obfer- 

 which fliould not be fpared on thefe oc-''^^^^^'^^* 

 cafions, even though the roots of feme 

 of thefe excrefcences are fixed, as they 

 frequently are, on the tendon and fole; 

 for they muft be intirely extirpated before 

 a radical cure can be performed. Should 



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