a%6 Tlx Compleat Horfeman : or y 



gone melt Tar or black Pitch upon the Scabs, and 

 keep the Feet well pick'd, and free from duft and 

 dirt. 



The Crown-Scab is a white mealy 



fcU?° m Scurf ' caus ' d by a burnt vellowi fo and 

 malignant matter, that breaking forth 



at the Roots of the Hair, makes it brittle and ftare, 

 on the Coronet, and oftentimes all over the P aft em 

 to the Joint \ the part being much fwell'd. This 

 Scurf is the fubtile exhalations of the Humours,* 

 hardened into a Salt flicking to the Skin. There 

 are two forts of Crown-Scab. Some are quite dry , 

 others void a fHnking matter, that imparts its 

 ftrength and moifture to the adjacent parts \ and by 

 its acrimony, while it is in the Coronet, cracks and 

 JpJits the Hoof which receives its nourishment from 

 the Coronet. Commonly this fcurffy Humour is nei* 

 ther painful nor an obftacle to Travelling ; efpe- 

 cially in dry Climates, where it drys up in Sum- 

 mer of it felf: but fometimes, 'tis extreamly hot, 

 fharp and troublefome, and over-runs the whole 

 Leg, almoft to the Knee and Hoof. 



For the Cure : Take two Ounces of good Brafd Ta~ 

 bacco, cut fmall, or purged of the Stalks. Infufe it 

 twelve hours 7 in half a pint of ftrong fpirit of Wine \ 

 ftirring ''em every hour, to promote the better ex- 

 tratlion of the Tintture. Rub the Scab very hard, 

 once every day, with an handful of this Tobacco ♦, 

 the part being firft chaf'd without taking off the 

 Skin. This, and all other drying Remedies, are 

 only Palliative \ for oftentimes the Scab breaks 

 forth, after a feeming Cure ; In which cafe, you 

 muft rub the part with a wifp of Hay, till it grows 

 hot', without taking off the Skin, or drawing 

 Blood \ aud then touch it gently, once or at moft 

 twice, with Cotton dip'd in the Spirit of Vitriol * t 

 or elfe drefs the Sores with Neat-herd's Ointment. 

 However you mult be very cautious of applying too 



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