Part tl. PerfeSi Farrier. 28 3 



be impair'd. *Tis to be inje&ed warm every day f 

 into the open'd Sore, the hole being afterwards 

 ftopp'd with Cotton, to keep it open'd j and cover'd 

 with Flax and Splents. 



CHAP. XIX. 



Of ScaPd Heels or Frufh ; and of the Crown Scab 

 and Mange. 



SOmetimes an Itching and eating Scab wafts the 

 Frufh, and makes a Horfe halt; and though 

 'tis not dangerous, 'tis troublefome and painful. Tis 

 difcover'd by its ftinking of old rotten Cheefe, 

 when one comes into the Stable ; and by the Horfe's 

 beating the ground with his Feet, by reafon of the 

 Itching, 



For the Cure : Pare the Frufi very r f 



clofe with a Buttrefs } then quench un- Scabb^i HeeU. 

 flacked Lime in Vinegar \ and throw the 

 ftrain'd liquor boiling hot upon the Frufh, after 

 which, apply a Reftringent Charge of unjlack 7 d Lime 9 

 and the fecond Watery or the blacky Reftringent of 

 Soot ) Vinegar 1 and Whites of Eggs ; The Count effes Oint- 

 ment, with a Drefling kept on with Splents, will like- 

 wife perform the Cure in three or four Applicati- 

 ons. If it returns after cleanfing the Sores, bleed- 

 ing frequently in the Toe, and applying Neatheard's 

 Ointment , will ferve for a Palliative Remedy •, tho' the 

 internal caufe can hardly be remov'd* 



For prefervationj pare the Frufh 

 often,and rub the place once or twice jy m $111$™* 

 with the Second Water •, and after the neth. 

 Scabs are by this means dry'd up, 

 Take of Allum and white Vitriol, of each a pound 

 and a half: Boil 'em in a Gallon of Water, till it be 

 reduc'd to two quarts \ and bathe the part every day 

 with it cold , and above all, when the Itching is 



gone 



