2 88 The Compleat Harftman : or, 



handful of Loufewort, or Baflard Hellebore \ which h 

 a Plant with long notched leaves, made ufe of in 

 the Country, to deftroy Lice in Cattle. 



For a certain cure of the Mange : Takf green 

 Copperas, and burnt Allum, of each jour Ounces • Arf* 

 mart two handfuls. Boil 'em in two quarts of Vi- 

 riegar, to the Consumption of one half; and wafh 

 the Horfe's Legs with the liquor, having firfl rubb'd 

 'em with a wifp. Remembring ftill, that the cure 

 of this Diftemper muft always begin with Bleeding 

 and in the mean time the Horfe may be either Rid- 

 den or Wrought. 



For the Cure of an Vniverfal Mange, or a Mange 

 upon the Legs only \ and likewife for a peeling off 

 of the Skin, and Hair, upon the bending of the 

 Thigh, occafion'd by an excefs of heat : Boil jour 

 Ounces of the Scoria of Liver of Antimony in Pouder y 

 in two quarts of ftrong Vinegar. With which, rub 

 the parts every day, till the hair returns. At the 

 fame time the Horfes body muft be cool'd, with 

 repeated Dofes of the Liver of Antimony , or of Sal 

 Prunella, 



CHAP. XX. 



Of the Hoof-bound \ or of wafted and (hrunk 



Feet. 



OFtentimes the conveyance of nourimment to 

 the Feet, is interrupted by diforders in the 

 Legs and adjacent parts j iofomuch that the Feet 

 dwindle, the Horfe halts, and the Hoof founds 

 hollow if you knock on it. 



For Cure: Rife the whole Foot with a red hot 

 Knife, maiang large rafesof the depth of a Silver 

 Crown, from the hair to the Shoe, avoiding the 



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