Of spavins. 141 



For a BONE-SPAVIN or RINGBONE. 



Take White and Yellow Arfenic of each half an ounce in 

 fine powder. Black Soap one ounce and a half, Oil of Vitriol 

 one hundred drops, and Spirit of Lavender one dram, all 

 mixed together for ufe : then apply the above middling thick 

 on the Spavin part ; and as wide as a half-crown piece, and 

 work it in with a knife^point; do not cut away the hair, and 

 in four days time lay on the part, a poultice made of White 

 Bread and Milk, and a little Hogs-lard, and let it remain on 

 one day and night: the above application will turn out a core 

 in about a fortnight's time; then heal it with Tin6lure of 

 Myrrh, by dabbing the part with the Tin^lure only. 



Alfofor a BONE-SPAVIN or RINGBONE. 



Firft have the Horfe properly calf with hopples ; then clip 

 away the hair off the part, then bruife the Spavin or Ring- 

 bone with a Blood-flick until it feels foft, then rub it with Oil 

 of Origanum, and rub the Oil well in with your hand on and 

 around the part ; then on the Spavin-part jufl as wide as a 

 half-crown piece, drop three or four drops of Oil of Vitriol, 

 and rub it in with a wooden Splint, and fo drop three or four 

 drops more and flill rub it in, and fo continue until you have 

 dropped and rubbed in twenty drops, but if for a fmall Spa- 

 vin, fewer drops may do; when it begins to crack around the 

 fides, anoint the part with Train Oil made hot, then dab it on 

 with a feather, then puff the part with Bole Ammoniac, and fo 

 repeat as occafion requires it. The two latter applications will 

 caufe a core to come out of any part that they are applied to ; 

 then obferve to give proper time for the part to cool and heal 

 quite up; then apply the Blillcring Charge, fee page 112, but 



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