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it to remain four and twenty hours. And at the 

 end of nine days, the Splent will be difiblv'd, pro- 

 vided you keep your Horfe conftantly in the Stable ; 

 and the Hair will grow again. If the Splent is only 

 leflen'd, and not quite remov'd, repeat the Ope- 

 ration a Month after. 



The following Ointment is an effe&ual Remedy 

 for foften'd Splents, Wind-galls, and (even the 

 greateft) Farcy-Knots. 



In May*, and fometimes in April? 

 ointment of between ten a Clock in the Morning, 

 mni-Gatts an( * two * n t ^ ie Afternoon, you may 

 and Cords. fi fl d fa Tilfd or Corn-fields, in low 

 and fliady Places, an Oily Beetle, or 

 black May-worm, call'd in Latin, Mail Avicula, or 

 Scar abaus Vnttuo fus ^ which has the refemblance of 

 a Head, at the end of its true Head, and a fort 

 of Wings faften'd to its Body, like two Targets, 

 and covering all the fore-part of the Shoulders, tho* 

 it does not fly j Its Back is fcaly, and its Tail very 

 fat, and is as it were welted. It has fix Feet, and. 

 creeps very flowly. There are fome of 'em very 

 long, thick, and fat ; and the fmalleft are about an 

 Inch long. 'Tis cold to the Touch, and if plac'd 

 upon one's Hand commonly voids a very ftinking 

 Oil. Take 300 of thefe Beetles, ftamp y em with a 

 found of Oil of Bay. After it has ftood three Months * 

 melt it,and ftrain it thro' a Linnen Cloth, throwing 

 away the grofs Subftance, and preferving the reft, 

 as a fovereign Ointment for the ufes above-mention- 

 ed. It produes the Effect of a lietoire, by drawing 

 out the Corruption, and raifing Blifters full of Red, 

 Waters, which are fucceeded by Scabs that dry of 

 themfelves : After which the Hair grows again. 

 'Tis applied cold, the Hair being firft fhav'd off 

 very clofe j and a hot Bar of Iron being held near 

 the part while it is applied. It totally diflipates 

 a Wind-gall in the fpace of nine Days j only the 



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