a 28 The Compleat Horfeman : or, 



Bone is broken : In which cafe you mull put into 

 the hole Spirit of Vitriol, or Spirit of Salt with Cot- 

 ton ( not by drops, left it fall «pon a found part) 

 holding the Horfe's Tongue with one hand, and 

 keeping his Mouth open with the other, while it 

 remains there \ after that rub the Sore every day 

 with Honey of Rofes 7 till the Efcar falls off, and the 

 J?0#efcales; and thenwafhit with Brandy, or put 

 Sugar into it, till it heals. If by putting in your 

 Finger you find only an Ulcer with ftinking Cor- 

 ruption, but without points or fcales, filling it three 

 or four times a day with Sugar beaten fmall, will 

 quickly heal it. Sometimes the Bone is fplit quite 

 downwards, under the fleih of the Jaw, and is cor- 

 rupted by a matter that gathers into a Tumour, 

 and corrodes the Skin : In this cafe, you rauft 

 found the depth of the hole with a Probe, which I 

 have feen reach to the very Mouth : Then make 

 an Incifion with a red hot Knife, reaching down- 

 wards, and dividing the Skin to the very Bone, and 

 touch the Bone feveral times with a red hot Iron, 

 conducing it thither by the Probe, till all the cor- 

 rupt part is throughly burnt. To haften the fall- 

 ing off of the Scales, anoint the whole burnt part 

 with good Oil of Bays, every fixth hour, for the 

 fpace of two Days. The hole in the beard being a 

 moift fpongy part, is often ftop'd up with proud 

 flefh, which muft be taken off with a hot Iron, ot 

 Sublimate. 



CHAK 



