378 The Compledt Horfewan : or y 



When the flefh appears fair and clean, apply the 

 juice of greater Celandine , binding on Cbarcole duft, 

 or fears 7 d A fas, or burnt Copperas, which dries 

 molt powerfully. Some ufe only to warn the Sore 

 with Brandy or Vrine\ andftrtwit with burnt Oy- 

 fier- falls, or old Boat- Ropes, dry'd and beaten to 

 Pouder. 



If the Wound, occafion'd by the coming forth of 

 the rotten flefh, be very large, cleanfe it with the 

 Mundifcative of Small age ', and then dry it with the 

 Ointment made of Honey, Verdigreafe, Spirit ofWine^ 

 and Flower. 



CHAR XVII. 



Of the Ring-bom, 



TH E Ring-hone Is a hard callous Swelling, grow- 

 ing on one of the Tendons, between the Coro- 

 r.et and Paflern-joint 5 and fticking very fait to the 

 T after n. When you handle it, the Horfe does not 

 complain much. When 'tis near the Coronet, its 

 preffing bulk intercepting the nourishment, makes 

 the Foot fhrink, and the Hoof wither •, and at laft 

 makes the Horfe lame -,fothat its defcending lower 

 upon the Coronet, is a fign of danger. Though 'tis 

 fometimes Hereditary *, the ufual caufe is a (train, 

 occafion'd by Curvetting, bounding Turns, and Ra* 

 ces. Sometimes indeed backing a young Horfe, 

 before his Joints are well knit, will give rife to it. 

 If it be not taken care of betimes, it caufes incurable 

 Lamenefs. Sometimes it appears at firft no bigger 

 than a Bean ; but afterwards rifes to half thebignefs 

 of a fmali Apple, appearing on both fides the Pa- 

 ttern, with a little riling between them. 



The 



