284 Th e Compleat Horfeman : or, 



fet on the Shoe : If he grows lame again, take off 

 the Shoe, and drefs his Foot with Spirit of Vitriol, 

 as before. 



In general \ for a f rickjnith a Nail -, 

 A *&***. f or after you have open'd the Sore, injeft 

 ajnck mib * eyery day thc ir u l nerary Water cold* 

 or for want of that drefs with the 

 Ointment Pomfholigos ; Hopping the hole with Cot* 

 ton. If neither of thefe Medicines can be had, 

 pour into the hole very hot Vinegar, in which 

 beaten Milfoil (or Savin, Vervain, Birthwort, Speed- 

 well, Agrimony, Zedoary, Adders-Tongue, &C.) has 

 been boil'd, and lay the boiVd Herbs upon it *, re- 

 peating the Application till it be heal'd. 



Sometimes a lamenefs is occafion'd by a bruife in 

 the Frujh, the heels being fo low that the Horfe 

 knocks them againft the ground as he goes. 'Ti$ 

 known by the trembling of the Frujh when you touch 

 it, and the perceiving of matter form'd underneath. 

 In this cafe, the Sore mull be drefs'd like a Wound 

 made by a Nail, the Remedies being made to pene- 

 trate, thro* the Heel, between the Frujh and the 

 bone of the Foot*, and proper Aftringents of Lime, 

 and thefecond Water, or of Soot, Vtnegar, and Whites 

 *f Eggs, being applied about the Frufh. 



The moft effe&ual Remedies for a prick in a 

 Horfe 's Foot \ are the Vidnerary Water-, the Ointment 

 Tompholygos (which is known to cure hurts in the 

 Feet of Oxen, receiv'd at the Plough) and above 

 all the Oil de Merville, viz. 



OH de Mer- Take the Oils of Turpentine, and of 



ville. St: Johnfivort, of each four Ounces \ 



true Oil of Peter two Ounces. Mix **em in a glafs Bot- 

 tle over hot Embers, adding the weight of a Golden 

 Crown of Alkanet, hung in the Bottle by a thread. Af- 

 ter it has flood a quarter of an hour on the Afhes, 

 take autthe Alkanet, and prefer ve the Oil for ufe. If 



you thicken it with Wax 2 its penetrating vertue will 



be 



