Of BLOOD SPAVINS. 143 



Take Old Verjuice and Oak Bark, and boil them together, 

 then add Bole Ammoniac two ounces to every quart of Ver- 

 juice and Bark; then bathe the part with the above, cold, 

 twice a-day, and fo continue bathing all the time, whilft the 

 wounds where the Veins were taken up are a healing ; then if 

 the part is quite reduced, lay the firing-iron on, and make ufe 

 of the Blifler after Firing, on the part, fee page 109; on the 

 other hand, if the part is not quite reduced flat, and the fub- 

 ftance fhould remain, then make ufe of the Vitriol Blifler, fee 

 page 109, and repeat the Blifler two or three times; but do 

 not repeat it until the fcurf is clear off the part; then lay the 

 firing-iron on, and obferve to draw your lines with the iron 

 about tliree parts of an inch diflant from each other, and juft 

 as deep as the preffure of the iron caufes the part or fcores to 

 look quite yellow; then apply the Bliiler after Firing on the 

 part, and at the fame time make ufe of a loofe liable for three 

 weeks, then turn him to Grafs for two months or longer. 



But if a Blood-fpavin or Thorough-pin on the Hough part, 

 Ihould prove obflinate, make ufe of the Blifter for a Let-down 

 Sinew, fee page 109, obferving the precautions there given, 

 in all refpefts. 



For a SINUS on the HOUGH. 



Take flrong Spirits of Wine four ounces, Camphire one 

 ounce. Spirit of Sal Ammoniac two ounces, the Extraft of 

 Saturn two ounces, mixed together ; rub the Sinus well twice 

 a-day. The above if repeated will fhrink any Sinus on the 

 Hough or eliewhere. 



Sedion, 



