a?7d Lofs of Hoof. jij 



feet fhould be kept clean, but no drying 

 wailies made ufe of, it being thought as 

 unfafe to repel fome of thefe difcharges, 

 as to cure Ibme fvveaty feet. 



When an impoftume, or gathering The me- 

 appears, the fafeil way is to pare out the '^^od of 

 hard part of the frog, or whatever ap- ^^^^* 

 pears rotten-, and wadi the bottom of 

 the foot two or three times a day with 

 old chamberlye-, this is the fafeft and bed 

 way of treating them. But when a horfe 

 has been negledled, and there is a ftrong 

 flux to the part, it is apt to degenerate 

 into a canker^ to prevent which ufe the 

 following. 



TAKE fpirit of v^ine and vinegar, a wafh 

 of each two ounces; tindlure of for the 

 myrrh, and aloes, one ounce •, M- t^'"^^^- 

 gyptiacum, half an ounce: mix to« 

 gecher. * 



Bathe the thrufli with this, wherever 

 there appears a more than ordinary moi- 

 fture, and lay over the ulcer a little tow 

 dipped in the fame. The purges and diu- 

 retics recomniended in the greafe, lliould 

 be given at this time, to prevent^the in- 

 conveniences that the drying up thele 

 difcharges frequently occafion. 



A canl^ier 



