Part II. PerfeB Farrier. 261 



CHAR XII. 



Of Straws or Wrenches in the Shoulders or 

 Hip. 



HOrfes are fo frequently liable to Strains in the 

 Shoulders or Hips, by overftraining the Liga- 

 ments that fatten the Bones, that every Farrier is 

 fufficiently acquainted with them, and the Ways 

 of difcovering where the Lamenefs is. I fhal! there- 

 fore only prefent you with two or three Receipts, 

 that are noted for their Vertue, in all Shoulder- 

 Splaits, Sprains, Pricks, Wrenches, &C. 



Take new Wax, Rofin, Pitch, and com- An Ointment 

 mon Turpentine, of each a Pound ; Oil £ c ^™ 1 * 

 Olive, two Pounds ', Greafe of Capons, <j ers# 

 Badgers, Horfes, and Mules, and the 

 Marrow of a Stag, of each five Ounces ; Oils of Tur- 

 pentine, Cafior, Worms, Chamomil, St. Johns-wort^ 

 Linfeed, and of Foxes, of each four Ounces ', Oil of 

 Gabian, or, if that caijnot be had, Oil of Peteri 

 two Ounces. Put the Otl Olive in a Bafon over a 

 clear Fire, witb the Wax, Rofin and Pitch beaten 

 together ; ftir them over the Flame till they 

 be diffolved ; then add the Fans and Stags Marrow % 

 and afterwards the Turpentine, incorporating all 

 over a very gentle Fire. In the laft place pour in 

 the Oils, ftirring the whole Mixture half a Quar- 

 ter of an Hour ', after which remove it from the 

 Fire, and continue to ftir till it be cold. Heat the 

 Fart affected by rubbing it with a Wifp of Straw, 

 or with your Hand; then chafe it with the Oint- 

 ments, as hot as the Horfe can bear it, holding a 

 Fire-fhovel red hot near the Part, to make the 

 Ointment penetrate. Repeat the fame Application 

 once every two. Days. 



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