300 The Compkat Horfeman: or, 



Ptrnefs-GaUs. Sometimes the Breads of Coach* 

 Horfes are gall'd by their Harnefs, 

 or rife in hard Bunches, efpecially in rainy Weather. 

 In which cafe (have off the Hair about the Sore very 

 clofe, and rub the whole Breads with a Lather of Wa- 

 ter and black Soap *, then wafh that Part of the Breaft, 

 which is ufually covered with the Petrel, with Salt- 

 Water, fuffering it to dry up of it felf. If the hard- 

 nefs of any Part of the Harnefs occafions the Galling, 

 take it away, or cover it with little Bolflers. 

 * n 1 or j T° flop a violent Flux of Blood, oc- 

 JoflancbBlood. cafion > d hy a Woun d upon a large Vef- 



fel nothing is preferable to the Powder of Sympathy. 

 If that cannot be had, you muft lay bare and bind up 

 the cut VefTel. If that proves impracticable, flop 

 the Orifice of the Veffel with a Piece of Roman 

 Vitriol, and apply a Bandage, if the Situation per- 

 mits : If it does not, the fureft way is, to apply a 

 Searing- Iron. Thofe who are afraid of Burnings 

 may take equal Quantities of Colcothar, Frankincenfe, 

 and Aloes in Powder ; and mix 'em with the Whites 

 *f Egg'i t0 t ^ ie Thicknefs of Honey, adding a con- 

 venient Quantity of the Hair of a Hare, cut fmall ; 

 and in a different cafe, Dragons Blood, Mans Blood 

 drfd, Plaifier, and Calcind Vitriol ; and apply the 

 whole in a fufficient Quantity. After the Blood is 

 ftopt, you muft not touch the Wound for three 

 Days, to fee whether the VefTel be exactly clos'd. 

 The Simples for flopping a Flux of Blood, are the 

 Roots and Leaves of Nettles, the Bark of a Pome- 

 granate and Pine-tree, the Leaves of Plantane and 

 Willows, Services, burnt Galls quenched in Vinegar, 

 Bean-flower, Starch, Soot, Litharge, Cerufe, Vitriol, 

 Colcothar, AHum, a dry*d and pounded Sponge, and 

 drfd Coriander-feeds. Above all, the moil effectual 

 Remedies are Caufticks, efpecially the Powder of 

 Arfenick, which makes a large Efcar. Only, whei} 

 the Scab falls off, you muft take care to prevent a 



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