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CHAP. XVI. 



Of the Scratches. 



TO cure the Scratches in Horfes, which refemble 

 the Corns in Mens Feet •, you muft rub the 

 fwollen Leg daily with the Dukes Ointment -, and af- 

 terwards bring forth the Corruption, or rotten bit 

 of Flefh, with the following Remedy* 



Takefrefh Butter, and Oil live 3 of each four Oun- 

 ces, beat 'em with half a pint of common Water, and 

 thicken 'em with two Ounces of Linfeed flower* Then 

 boil, as if you were going to make Gruel, adding 

 (a little before you take the Skellet from the Fire) 

 two ounces of Pigeon's Dung in Pouder ; and charge 

 the Sore warm, having firfr clipp'd off the Hair 

 with Suffers. If that does not anfwer expecta- 

 tion, 



Take leaves of Colts- foot, long Sorrel, and Mallows, of 

 each a handful * 7 bake y em tinder the Embers, then beat 

 and incorporate 'em with Salt Butter, And apply 

 it hot. If this likewife fail, 



Take four Lilly Roots, bahfd under the jifhes-, 

 beat 'em up with three Ounces of Hen's Greafe; two 

 Ounces of Linfeed Oil ', the Telkj of two hard Eggs. 

 Incorporate all together in a Mortar, applying fome 

 of it to the Scratches with Flax^ and laying a cover 

 over it. 



If the Sinew of the Leg be fwollen, keep it al- 

 ways Chargd ', and as foqn as the corrupt flefh is 

 come forth, wafh the fwojlen Leg with warm Wine 

 and Butter, and fill the hole with a Tent of fine 

 Flax, moiften'd with Bafdicum, to ripen the reft of 

 the rotten flefh ; or with ^/Egyptiacum t if the flefh 

 befoul and frothy, 



D d 3 WheS 



