274 The Compleat Horfeman : ot y 



°f Water, mixt with about three parts of Oil. Then 

 add the Herbs^ and after they are well boil'd, ftamp 

 all together to a Map, and apply it warm to the 

 part you intend to foften, the Hair being fliav'd 

 off. 



/ m -£' « p a j n ] e f 3 Tumours, much about the 

 bignefs of a fmall Nut, caus'd by thin and ferous 

 Humours •, and feated on either fide of the Fetlock 

 joint, on the Skin, between the Sinew and the Bone* 

 For the Cure: The abovemention'd Ointment of 

 Beetles is preferable to all other Remedies \ for 

 whereas other Remedies only put away the Swelling 

 for a time j this will wholly remove it, by extir- 

 pating the Caufe. 'Tis true this Ointment occaiions 

 a large Swelling, efpecially if applied in too large 

 a quantity } but that Symptom, together with 

 the heat and pain that attends it, is eafily remov'd 

 by wafhing the part with warm Wine^ mix'd with 

 a little Butter* 



A 1m . For all cold Swellings (whether in 

 flefjor all Horfes or Men; the following Plai- 

 Swellings. fter is of general ufe ; efpecially for 



Water Farcys, and Swellings on the 

 F after n-jolnty which lies at a great diftance from 

 the Center of natural heat. Take green Wallnuts, 

 fo fmall, that when they are cut, they are equally foft : 

 Beat 'em to a mafh in a marble Mortar, and pafs 

 'cm thro' a Sieve with the bottom turn'd up, beat- 

 ing tnat which remains, till the whole paffes thro' 

 the Sieve* Fut two pounds of this Pulp into a glazed 

 Earthen Fot, with a pound of Salt well dry*d, and 

 a pound and, a half of common Turpentine, Set the 

 mixture in a Cellar, to ferment fifteen days j then 

 evaporate the moifture over a gentle Fire, ftirring 

 all the while, till it be reduc'd to the cojafiftence of 

 a Flaifter, which cannot be done without fome dif- 

 ficulty : and preferve it for ufe, in a Pot clofe cover'd* 



When 



